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Pronto

By: Elmore Leonard
Narrated by: Nick Landrum
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Harry Arno runs a South Miami Beach gambling operation. To protect his position, he was forced to cut a deal with the local muscle, Jimmy Capotorto (Jumbo Jimmy Cap), an even fifty-fifty split. For years Harry had been padding his own stake by skimming off the top. Now a couple of local detectives - wise to sticky fingers - try to bag Jimmy by putting the squeeze on Harry.

U.S. Marshalls deliver Harry to court to testify at Jimmy's trial. Even though he's a step slower than he used to be, Harry's no fool - he slips out of the country pronto. With Jimmy Cap's men following and the Feds close behind, the three sides end up in Italy, watching their own backs while keeping abreast of Harry's. But it's not until the chase leads back to Miami that the real winners and losers are revealed....

Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans on 11 October, 1925. He wrote 45 books during his phenomenal career, including the best sellers Mr Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, and The Hot Kid. Many have been made into successful movies, including Get Shorty, with John Travolta; Out of Sight, with George Clooney; and Rum Punch, which became Tarantino's Jackie Brown. He is the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. He died on 20 August, 2013, in Detroit.

Warning: This title contains explicit language.

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No one does it better than Elmore Leonard and this grabs from the first line and doesn't let go. Pure brilliance -- HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER

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  • Raymond Hall
  • 02-24-23

Pronto

I thought this book was really good,Raylan is a great character amongst an array of oddball people who make a funny and wonderful story.

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  • Mr. Mayer Abraham
  • 12-02-22

Excellent performance

First of Rylan novels - what a great character. What’s not to like. Great story and outstanding reading. I definitely would recommend this.

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  • Mr Bert Lahr
  • 04-21-22

Entertaining and intriguing.

Great story, with many threads, well told. Many twists and turns. Fantastic characterisation, with realistic dialogue. Elmore Leonard writes without a word wasted.

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  • S. Lancaster
  • 12-05-21

The first Raylan Givens story

Anyone who likes the TV show Justified should enjoy this. Regular Elmore Leonard, good dialogue, twisty violent plot but the man in the Western hat makes it special.

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  • Mike
  • 03-25-21

Elmore at his best

Once again Elmore tales you in to a shady world and keeps you there..interspersed with black humor and a little romance. this time a trip to.Italy was included and made the story even more interesting.

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  • 03-21-20

Typical Elmore Leonard, amazing!

The characters, story and narration were superb. I can't give this enough praise, Im just sad it had to finish.