Get Shorty

Elmore Leonard

About this book

Mob-connected loanshark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind -- plus his "friends" have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town with its dreammakers, glitter, hucksters, and liars -- plus gorgeous, partially clad would-be starlets everywhere you look -- seems ideal for an enterprising criminal with a taste for the cinematic. Besides, Chili's got an idea for a killer movie -- though it could very possibly kill him to get it made.

Subjects

  • detective and mystery stories
  • fiction
  • fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • fiction, thrillers, suspense
  • hollywood (los angeles, calif.), fiction
  • large type books
  • mafia
  • motion picture actors and actresses
  • motion picture industry
  • motion picture industry, fiction
  • motion picture industry in fiction
  • motion picture producers and directors
  • motion picture producers and directors in fiction
  • mystery and detective stories
  • romans policiers