{"product_id":"get-shorty-9780062120250","title":"Get Shorty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A Hollywood hit....Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDetroit News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e has dubbed Elmore Leonard, \"the coolest, hottest writer in America.\" In the same league as the legendary great ones--John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain--the \"King Daddy of crime writers\" (\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e) demonstrates his remarkable mastery with \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most adored of his forty-plus novels. The basis of the hit movie starring John Travolta and Danny DeVito, \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the over-the-top, sometimes violent Hollywood misadventures of a Florida mob loan shark who chases a deadbeat client all the way to Tinseltown and decides to stick around and make movies. \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e's shylock protagonist, Chili Palmer, is a truly inspired creation--as memorable as another unforgettable Leonard hero, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e--and readers will relish his moves and countermoves in this electrifying, funny, bullet train-paced winner from \"the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonard, Elmore:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElmore Leonard \u003c\/strong\u003ewrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eRaylan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTishomingo Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBe Cool\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRum Punch\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the acclaimed collection \u003cem\u003eWhen the Women Come Out to Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOut of Sight\u003c\/em\u003e. The short story \"Fire in the Hole,\" and three books, including \u003cem\u003eRaylan\u003c\/em\u003e, were the basis for the FX hit show \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617548341522,"sku":"9780062120250","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da76faca-a02e-479e-addb-bd4dd6bbe136.jpg?v=1763538083","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/get-shorty-9780062120250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}