The Hot Kid
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The undisputed master of the crime novel strikes again with this powerfully entertaining story, set in 1920s Oklahoma, that introduces one of the toughest lawmen ever to come out of the west. . . .
Carlos Webster was 15 the day he witnessed his first murder—but it wouldn't be his last. It was also his first introduction to the notorious gunman, Emmet Long. By the time Carlos is 20, he's being sworn in as a deputy United States marshal and now goes by the name Carl. As for Emmet, he's robbing banks with his new partner, the no-good son of an oil millionaire.
Carl Webster and Emmet Long may be on opposite sides of the law but their long-time game of cat and mouse will turn them both into two of the most famous names in crime and punishment.
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Elmore Leonard. (2009). The Hot Kid. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Elmore Leonard. 2009. The Hot Kid. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Elmore Leonard, The Hot Kid. HarperCollins, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Elmore Leonard. The Hot Kid. HarperCollins, 2009.
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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. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story "Fire in the Hole," and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.
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The undisputed master of the crime novel strikes again with this powerfully entertaining story, set in 1920s Oklahoma, that introduces one of the toughest lawmen ever to come out of the west. . . .
Carlos Webster was 15 the day he witnessed his first murder—but it wouldn't be his last. It was also his first introduction to the notorious gunman, Emmet Long. By the time Carlos is 20, he's being sworn in as a deputy United States marshal and now goes by the name Carl. As for Emmet, he's robbing banks with his new partner, the no-good son of an oil millionaire.
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"This is a novel that... is all about style, literary and otherwise." — New York Times Book Review
"THE HOT KID brims with the sly humor, sparse prose and razor dialogue we expect from the master" — Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The writing is pitch-perfect throughout...it's all pure Leonard, and that means it's pure terrific." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Clear, fast-paced and masterfully structured." — Philadelphia Inquirer
"The HOT KID is Elmore Leonard- a master- at his best." — Oklahoma City Oklahoman
"...expertly crafted, deftly balanced." — Houston Chronicle
"...Rips along like a bandit's getaway car...THE HOT KID is Leonard at his best." — Tulsa World
"...delivers the goods in a top-notch amalgam of sagebrush western and mob drama." — Lexington Herald-Leader
"There's nothing Elmore Leonard doesn't know about stylish writing, and THE HOT KID is him at his compressed best." — Detroit Free Press
"Wonderfully funny and hair-raising...THE HOT KID is splendid." — Providence Sunday Journal
"Elmore Leonard unspools the definitive portrait of 1930s lowlife" — Boston Sunday Globe (Stephen King)
Praise for MR.PARADISE: "The dialogue and the characters crackle ...MR. PARADISE is a perfect crime caper from a master." — Detroit Free Press
"Smart writing about dumb crooks." — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"His 40th crime novel—and he just keeps getting better and better. " — Deseret News
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Leonard's 40th novel, set in the world of 1930s gangsters and gun molls, features characterizations so deft and true you can smell the hair oil on the dudes and the perfume on the dames. Young Carlos Webster tangles with his first gangster at 15, when bank robber Emmet Long robs an Okmulgee, Okla., store, kills an Indian policeman and takes away Carlos's ice cream cone. Seven years later, Carlos, now Carl, a newly minted deputy U.S. marshal, gets his revenge by gunning Long down, an act that wins him the respect of his employers and the adulation of the American public, who follow his every quick-draw exploit in the papers and True Detective
magazine. Cinematically, Leonard introduces his characters—Carl's colorful pecan-farmer father, Virgil; Jack Belmont, ne'er-do-well son of a rich oilman; True Detective
writer Tony Antonelli; Louly Brown, whose cousin marries Pretty Boy Floyd—in small, self-contained scenes. As the novel moves forward, these characters and others begin to interact, forming liaisons both romantic and criminal. At the stirring conclusion, scores are settled and the good and the bad get sorted out in satisfactorily violent fashion. The writing is pitch-perfect throughout: "It was his son's quiet tone that made Virgil realize, My Lord, but this boy's got a hard bark on him." The setting and tone fall somewhere between Leonard's early westerns and his more recent crime novels, but it's all pure Leonard, and that means it's pure terrific. Agent, Andrew Wiley.
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Leonard's (Get Shorty
) 40th novel is a nearly flawless audio production. Initially, Howard's lackadaisical meter and reading style comes off as flat and unenthused. But as the flavor of the story steeps, his low-key, deliberate delivery sets the perfect pitch for Leonard's stripped down dialogue. His slow cowpoke pace leaves plenty of space for the nuance with which he breathes life into Leonard's characters. Everyone is tough, everyone is cool, and nearly all speak in clipped Hemingway-like sentences. However, Howard carefully assigns each character a specific voice, timber and speed, saving the most calm and cool for Carlos "Carl" Webster, the young, quick-drawing U.S. marshal hero of the tale. The only thing amiss with this package is the music that opens and closes each CD. This is a western tale of shootouts, cattle rustlers and bank robbers. The swanky, sultry jazz music with lilting sax better fits Chandler than L'Amour. Once past these spurious strains, however, the listener is in for a satisfying earful. Simultaneous release with Morrow hardcover (Reviews, Mar. 28).
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