Elmore Leonard: The Classic Crime Novels: A Library of America Boxed Set

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The Library of America presents the definitive edition of an American master of crime fiction- twelve modern classics in a deluxethree-volume collector's boxed set. This is Elmore Leonard at his unbeatable best. Contains- Four Novels of the 1970s(Library of America volume #255) Fifty-Two Pickup Swag Unknown Man No. 89 The Switch Four Novels of the 1980s(Library of America volume#267) City Primeval LaBrava Glitz Freaky Deaky Four Later Novels(Library of America volume#280) Get Shorty Rum Punch Out of Sight Tishomingo Blues LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Elmore Leonard (1925-2013)was the author or more than fifty novels, including westerns and crime and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted for the screen.In 2012, he was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. The editor of this volume, Detroit nativeGregg Sutterfirst met ElmoreLeonard in 1979 and began working for him in 1981.He is currently at work on a biography of Leonard,from his unique perspective as his full-time researcherfor more than thirty years.