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October 11, 1925 august 20, 20 was an american novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He brilliantly reaffirms his right to the title of americas finest crime fiction writer. The unpublished stories of elmore leonard elmore leonard ebook rum punch elmore leonard. Having somehow missed it among all the elmore leonard i had read, having also solid reason to believe it would lie neglected on the shelf where i found it, i decided to give it a new home. Initially, enlisting as an infantryman with canadas 196th western universities battalion, after a year serving as a clerk, he joined the royal flying corps rfc and learned to fly. Many of his books have been made into movies, including get shorty and out of sight. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 304 pages and is available in paperback format. Elmore leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers raylan, tishomingo blues, be cool, get shorty, and rum punch, as well as the acclaimed collection when the women come out to dance, which was a new york times notable book.
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