Pagan Babies

图书标准信息

• 作者 Elmore Leonard 著
• 出版社 HarTorch
• 出版时间 2002-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780060008772
• 定价 74.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 368页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

PaganBabiesisclassiccrimefictionfromthemasterofsuspense,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorElmoreLeonard.FatherTerryDunnthoughthe'dseeneverythingonthemeanstreetsofDetroit,butthatwasbeforehewentonalittleretreattoRwandatoevadeatax-fraudindictment.Nowthewhiskey-drinking,NineInchNailsT-shirt-wearingpadreisbacktryingtohustleupascoretohelpthelittleorphansofRwanda.Butthefund-raisinggetscomplicatedwhenaformertattletalecohortpopsuponTerry'stail.Andthenthere'sthelovelyDebbieDewey.Afreshlysprungex-conturnedstand-upcomic,Debbieneedssomefastcash,too,tosettleanoldscore.Nowthey'reintogetherforabiggerpayoffthaneithercouldfinaglealone.Afterall,itmakessense...unlessFatherTerryisworkingaconofhisown.

【作者简介】

ElmoreLeonardwroteforty-fivenovelsandnearlyasmanywesternandcrimeshortstoriesacrosshishighlysuccessfulcareerthatspannedmorethansixdecades.SomeofhisbestsellersincludeRoadDogs,UpinHoney’sRoom,TheHotKid,Mr.Paradise,TishomingoBlues,andthecriticallyacclaimedcollectionofshortstoriesFireintheHole.Manyofhisbookshavebeenmadeintomovies,includingGetShorty,OutofSight,andRumPunch,whichbecameQuentinTarantino’sJackieBrown.Justified,thehitseriesfromFX,isbasedonLeonard’scharacterRaylanGivens,whoappearsinRidingtheRap,Pronto,Raylanandtheshortstory“FireintheHole”.HewasarecipientoftheNationalBookFoundation’sMedalforDistinguishedContributiontoAmericanLetters,theLifetimeAchievementAwardfromPENUSA,andtheGrandMasterAwardoftheMysteryWritersofAmerica.Hewasknowntomanyasthe‘DickensofDetroit’andwasalong-timeresidentoftheDetroitarea.