Get Shorty - Elmore Leonard • BookLikes (ISBN:006008216X)

Get Shorty

by: Elmore Leonard (author)

3.69 170

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780060082161 (006008216X)

ASIN: B0072AVNRK

Publish date: 2002-06-04

Publisher: Harper Torch

Pages no: 384

Edition language: English

Category:

Novels, Humor, Comedy, Media Tie In, Movies, Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Suspense

Series: Chili Palmer (#1)

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Sarah's Library rated it

10 years ago

http://sarahf1984.booklikes.com Sarah's Library 2.0 Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard

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8/5 - I had real trouble getting into the plot and unusual dialogue style and ended up giving up at page 95. I'm not sure if it was the book or my preoccupation with my recovery, so one day (hopefully this year) I'll give it another go.

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Redacted rated it

14 years ago

http://Redacted.booklikes.com Redacted 5.0

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What a great book. I want to hang out with Chili Palmer. If you saw the movie and thought it was great (it was) the book is so, so much better.

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Books by the Lake rated it

17 years ago

http://Vasha.booklikes.com Books by the Lake 3.0 Get Shorty

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I read this not long after it first came out, and enjoyed it greatly. I did always like Leonard's snappy dialogue-driven stories, and this one has a particularly light touch. There was one scene near the end that just about had me rolling on the floor with laughter. A good part of the humor and clev...

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