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Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.
Get Shorty is a 1990 novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995, the novel was adapted into an eponymous film, and in 2017 it was adapted into a television series of the same name. Plot summary. The story is about Ernesto "Chili" Palmer, a small-time loan shark based in Miami.
Elmore Leonard has 229 books on Goodreads with 460495 ratings. Elmore Leonard’s most popular book is Get Shorty (Chili Palmer, #1).
In Get Shorty, Miles Daly works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada. For the sake of his daughter, he attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film.
Jan 1, 2001 · Get Shorty is one of Elmore Leonard's most entertaining novels with a cast populated by a group of great characters. Heading the group is a Miami loan shark named Chili Palmer who winds up in Hollywood while chasing down a guy who owes him money and who has done a great disappearing act.
Aug 20, 2013 · Beloved American author Elmore Leonard, who wrote Get Shorty, 3:10 to Yuma, and several other works adapted into classic films, died Tuesday morning after.
Aug 20, 2013 · Mystery & Thrillers, Western. edit data. Elmore John Leonard lived in Dallas, Oklahoma City and Memphis before settling in Detroit in 1935. After serving in the navy, he studied English literature at the University of Detroit where he entered a short story competition.
