Get Shorty

A Novel

De: Elmore Leonard

Narrado por: Joe Mantegna

New York Times Bestselling Author

“Brilliant...impressive...superb.” —Washington Post Book World

“A Hollywood hit….Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard.” —Detroit News

The classic New York Times bestseller that introduced Chili Palmer—a masterful social comedy that happens to be about criminals (and other fast operators).

The Chicago Tribune has dubbed Elmore Leonard, “the coolest, hottest writer in America.” In the same league as the legendary great ones—John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain—the “King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times) demonstrates his remarkable mastery with Get Shorty, one of the most adored of his forty-plus novels. The basis of the hit movie starring John Travolta and Danny DeVito, Get Shorty chronicles the over-the-top, sometimes violent Hollywood misadventures of a Florida mob loan shark who chases a deadbeat client all the way to Tinseltown and decides to stick around and make movies. Get Shorty’s shylock protagonist, Chili Palmer, is a truly inspired creation—as memorable as another unforgettable Leonard hero, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified—and readers will relish his moves and countermoves in this electrifying, funny, bullet train-paced winner from “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!” (New York Times Book Review)

©2009 Elmore Leonard (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Boring narration.

Reader speaks in monotone and you can’t tell the difference between characters. This is a snappy story and should be read as such.

Go Lakers

A Classic Elmore Leonard novel very well narrated. Glad I spent the credit on this it was a fun listening experience.

I like Mr Montagna

But he wasn’t right for this. Really monotonous. I have no more words so I’m tying till I hit 15. I live almost everything Elmore Leonard has written

My favorite Elmore Leonard book

Leonard's story and dialogue is about as good as you can get and having Joe Mantegna tell it couldn't get any better. Just excellent from start to finish.

Elmore Leonard is the GOAT

The character development is artistic. The whole thing is so tightly written. It is pure genius.

Look at me..

This book was cool.
Follows the movie for the most part, beat by beat, fills in some gaps, ending was different.
Leonard really nails the pulpy crime story.
Narration is pretty decent, I will admit kept hearing Fat Tony, from the simpsons from time to time.
defently worth checking out. 👏👍