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Title: Mr. Paradise : A Novel by Elmore Leonard, Forster Robert ISBN: 0-06-058627-3 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (21 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: NOT QUITE PARADISE
Comment: A fairly good Leonard, kind of typical of most of his books, I get the feeling that they are all fleshed out screen plays. I think that this would, in fact make a good movie. I thought the sub plotting was interesting although I would have liked to see a bit more depth in the characters. Lloyd and Jerome could have certainly used more ink and the entire story could have been another hundred pages and become really interesting. Still and all Leonard uses his formula to pretty good results, an enjoyable if lightweight read
Rating: 2
Summary: I Hate To Say This
Comment: Pound for pound, I think Elmore Leonard is one of the best writers living. He doesn't always write great books, but the reading of them is a joy. That said--this one, I am sorry to say, is a wet fuse. It simply lacks everything I read him for. But after so many good books, even he should be allowed a dud. Don't start with this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Big fun!
Comment: Shady characters, brilliant dialogue, irony, masterful writing and a lively and humorous story line are what we expect from Elmore Leonard. "Mr. Paradise," a Runyonesque tale, has all this and more...it does not disappoint.
Eighty-four year old retired mob lawyer Tony Paradisio's favorite pastime is watching tapes of classic Michigan football victories with an escort or two cheering topless in ways not athletically encouraging.
After learning that he has been eliminated from Mr. Paradise's will, Montez (Mr. P's main man) arranges a hit that is supposed to look like a home invasion gone wrong.
The perps and Montez are members of the criminal mindless.
Throw in two corpses, a Victoria Secret model witness, an identity switch, assorted lowlifes, a safe deposit box full of loot, the hitmen's "agent" and Frank Delsa (a resourceful Detroit homicide detective)---and the chase is on.
The bad guys feel a sense of entitlement---leading to their demise. Getting caught being the real crime. Double-crosses, scams and deceptions propel the plot.
The tight prose is filled with accurate conversation in the colorful vernacular of the urban scene.
"Mr. Paradise" is a stylistic, unforgettable, witty, fast-paced read. Elmore Leonard is a consistently entertaining writer---do not under rate him just because you like him.
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Title: Absolute Friends by John le Carre ISBN: 0316000647 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 12 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Last Car to Elysian Fields: A Novel by James Lee Burke ISBN: 0743245423 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Frumious Bandersnatch : A Novel of the 87th Precinct by Ed McBain ISBN: 0743250346 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0399150870 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Last Juror by John Grisham ISBN: 0385510438 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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