Road Dogs: A Suspenseful Mystery - Softcover

Leonard, Elmore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061774707 ISBN 13: 9780061774706

Publisher: Harper Large Print, 2009

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2009-05-12 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US Intelligent. wry. and seriously twisted. Peter Crumb is a man who suffers two personalities. only one of which is capable of remorse His life has been derailed. by a single. devastating act of violence. and now. in what he intends to be his last week on earth. he is determined to leave his mark upon humanity-randomly. unjustly. with infinite attention to detail. Allowing the mornings newspaper headlines to loosely dictate his actions. Crumb sets out on a weeklong descent into hell. determined to drag as many as possible into the darkness along with him. Gritty. dazzling. and profoundly disturbing. Jonny Glynns The Seven Days of Peter Crumb is an extraordinary debut that portrays the deterioration of a severely splintered soul.

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Review:

the wildly witty plot includes a multiplicity of low-life characters, double crosses, scams, betrayals and dead bodies. Above all, Leonard provides the fizziest and cleverest dialogue in crime fiction. A total delight. (MARCEL BERLINS THE TIMES 21.11.09)

Like Out of Sight? You'll love this... a typically labryinthine tale featuring three of his best jive-talking ex-cons. Lets hope George Clooney reads it and wants to make another Jack Foley film. (GQ - January 2010 issue)

There is little sign of Leonard losing his ear for dialogue. (TLS - 18.12.09)

proof, if any were needed, that being 83 years old has not diminished Elmore Leonard's talents as one of America's foremost writers... one of Leonard's most enjoyable romps to date... deserves to be read and re-read. (SUNDAY EXPRESS - 10.01.10)

Leonard's crime stories are packed with players who deserve curtain calls... Leonard, now 83, still writes with high style, great energy, unflappable cool and a jubilant love of the game. (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY - 01.11.09)

a cause for celebration... a hugely entertaining read... it is a testament to Leonard's skills that he manages to make each of his characters interesting and rounded... it is Leonard's snappy dialogue that lifts his tale above other run of the mill crime capers. (SUNDAY HERALD 15.11.09)

No-one writes crime novels like Hollywood favourite Elmore Leonard, and he has returned with a typical tale of colourful hoodlums on the hunt for another scam.... Great dialogue, great characters: 84-year-old Leonard, releasing his 47th novel, never fails to thrill. (9/10 EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS 28.11.09)

there's no doubt this is vintage Leonard... great dialogue. (IRISH NEWS 14.11.09)

about the varying degrees of truth and baloney in relationships. Sometimes the truth or baloney is lethal. Road Dogs is droll, exciting and underlying its material of sex, violence and money, and beyond its cast of cons and thugs and movie stars - asks interesting questions. (THE SCOTSMAN - 28.22.09)

Book Description:

The legendary NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author returns with three of his favourite characters, each one out to win, in a fast-moving plot that's one of his best.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Large Print
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061774707
• ISBN 13: 9780061774706
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368