Get Shorty

A Novel

By: Elmore Leonard

Narrated by: 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). Now brought to life with the calm and authoritative narration of Joe Mantegna.

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)

A clever idea for a story

Real-life action becomes the idea for a screenplay. Clever and fun to read. Makes me want to watch the movie version now.

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

the fact that shouldn't be read aloud

so I shouldn't have you read a loud? this here is the kind of book that you really need to roll your eyes over it needs to go as quick as you can see the words and he can't get that with an audiobook even if you stayed the reader up there's a certain pulp equality that only works with these kind of books if you actually move your eyes over the page let the story happen there's stuff that you want to go over a little faster cuz it's just kind of incidental background and in the way. you still need it but it's incidental. background and it's in the way. I'm still waiting to get to the important part of this book and I'm in chapter 6. I'm thinking I'll go watch the movie is what. and I'm thinking I might go down to the library and see if I can find a hard copy to actually read. I have a feeling that curled up in a chair with a steaming cup of something would be just the thing.

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.

great voices. love Chilli's.

a fun thriller in a relaxed tone - genius that it's perfect for getting to sleep and for entertainment!