Four novels of the 1980s : City primeval ; LaBrava ; Glitz ; Freaky deaky
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New York, N.Y. : The Library of America ;, 2015.
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Second Printing
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1010 pages ; 21 cm.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Valparaiso - Story collections (adult) | SC LEONARD | On Shelf |
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Atlantic City (N.J.) -- Fiction
Crime & mystery -- Novels. -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, American. -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, American. -- Police detective. -- Assassin trail. -- Atlantic City's casinos. -- Fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Fiction.
Leonard, Elmore, -- 1925-2013 -- Literary collections.
Miami (Fla.) -- Drama
Nineteen sixties -- Radicals. -- Relationship rekindled. -- Bomb-making skills. -- Conspiracy. -- Fiction
Photographers -- Miami, FL -- Former Secret service agent. -- Extortion. -- Noir film star. -- Fiction.
Urban fiction, American -- Gritty, final showdown. -- Detroit MI. -- Fiction.
Crime & mystery -- Novels. -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, American. -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, American. -- Police detective. -- Assassin trail. -- Atlantic City's casinos. -- Fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Fiction.
Leonard, Elmore, -- 1925-2013 -- Literary collections.
Miami (Fla.) -- Drama
Nineteen sixties -- Radicals. -- Relationship rekindled. -- Bomb-making skills. -- Conspiracy. -- Fiction
Photographers -- Miami, FL -- Former Secret service agent. -- Extortion. -- Noir film star. -- Fiction.
Urban fiction, American -- Gritty, final showdown. -- Detroit MI. -- Fiction.
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Published
New York, N.Y. : The Library of America ;, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
Second Printing
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Appendix includes "Impressions of Murder," a nonfiction profile of the Detroit police department's homicide squad published in the Detroit News Sunday Magazine, November 12, 1978."
General Note
"The Library of America, a nonprofit publisher, is dedicated to preserving America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts." ...Publisher.
General Note
"The definitive edition of America’s modern master of crime fiction continues with four classic novels widely considered his best, presented in one volume for the first time with behind-the-scenes accounts of their genesis by editor Gregg Sutter, Leonard’s longtime researcher, and rare archival material: a must for any fan." ...Amazon.
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City primeval : Ride down Woodward Avenue into the Motor City, toward a deadly show-down between dedicated homicide detective Raymond Cruz and a psychopathic murderer, "Oklahoma Wildman" Clement Mansell, who picked the wrong town to kill someone, even if it was only a crooked judge.,"City primeval is a gritty urban Western with a final showdown in the heat of Leonard's hometon Detroit." ...Publisher.
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LaBrava : Ex-Secret Service agent Joe LaBrava gets involved in a Miami Beach flimflam including among others, a Cuban killer and a once famous actress.,"LaBrava, set in Miami, draws a resourceful photographer (and former Secret Service agent) into an elaborate extortion plot centered on a faded bbut still alluring film noir star." ...Publisher.
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Glitz : A story of murder and corruption set in Puerto Rico and Atlantic City. Tommy Donovan has a casino in both places. Our cop hero Vincent is convalescing in Puerto Rico after being shot by a mugger. Vincent gets involved with a Puerto Ricon beauty who leaves to work for Donovan in Atlantic City.,"Glitz sets police detective on the trail of a singularly warped assasin against the gaudy backdrop of Atlantic City's casinos." ...Publisher.
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Freaky deaky : Detroit police detective Chris Mankowski investigates when an actress walks into the Sex Crime Division claiming to have been raped by one of Detroit's richest and drunkest citizens.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Leonard, E., Sutter, G., & Leonard, E. (2015). Four novels of the 1980s: City primeval ; LaBrava ; Glitz ; Freaky deaky (Second Printing). The Library of America ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013, Gregg, Sutter and Elmore Leonard. 2015. Four Novels of the 1980s: City Primeval ; LaBrava ; Glitz ; Freaky Deaky. The Library of America.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013, Gregg, Sutter and Elmore Leonard. Four Novels of the 1980s: City Primeval ; LaBrava ; Glitz ; Freaky Deaky The Library of America, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Leonard, Elmore, Gregg Sutter, and Elmore Leonard. Four Novels of the 1980s: City Primeval ; LaBrava ; Glitz ; Freaky Deaky Second Printing, The Library of America ;, 2015.
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