{"product_id":"stick-9780062184351","title":"Stick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A little beauty of a story....A hot, fast read with pungent characters.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A slam-bang, no-bull action thriller...and nobody but nobody writes better dialogue.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's an established fact: Elmore Leonard is \"the uncontested master of the crime thriller\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e ) who \"does crime fiction better than anyone\" (\u003cem\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/em\u003e), and nowhere is this more obvious than in the pages of \u003cem\u003eStick\u003c\/em\u003e. One of his most acclaimed noir masterworks, it is the story of ex-con Ernest \"Stick\" Stickley who's nudged from the straight-and-narrow path when a big time drug dealer randomly selects him to die and a perfect revenge\/payday opportunity presents itself. The author of \u003cem\u003eRaylan\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the sometimes trigger-happy protagonist of TV's \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e, Leonard is indeed the king, holding court with the best of the best, including Coban and Connally, and the late great John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert B. Parker.\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\u003eElmore Leonard wrote 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":50674620399890,"sku":"9780062184351","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4c32427-61d6-4c2b-bbb2-870bfbf74d5e.jpg?v=1733863480","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stick-9780062184351","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}