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Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
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Elmore Leonard's novels and screenplays are best known for their gritty realism.
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Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
Features
Mass Market Paperback:
368 pages
; Dimensions (in inches): 0.81 x 6.76 x 4.24
Publisher: HarperTorch; (June 2002)
ISBN:
0060082194
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Readers who come to Rum Punch after having seen Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film adaptation, Jackie Brown, are in for a few surprises. Mainly, Jackie Burke is a 44-year-old white woman (but just as hard-boiled as Pam Grier), bail bondsman Max Cherry has a much more prominent role in the proceedings, and the novel takes place in Miami--not Los Angeles. The core of the story, however, remains the same: when the cops try to use Jackie to get at Ordell Robbie, the gunrunner she's been bringing cash into the country for, she hatches a plan--with help from Max--to keep the money for herself. It all comes together in the traditional Elmore Leonard style, where the conversations are as crisply written and suspenseful as the action scenes. --Ron Hogan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Nothing special, April 21, 2003
Reviewer:
Jorge Frid
from Mexico city
I can't tell you that this is a bad book, but of course it isn't a good one, the story of a stewardess who is better that a mafia person is not very real, the book will keep you reading sometimes, the way she deceive Ordell doesn't make sense, no one makes that kind of money and he just lose it so easy.
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