When the Women Come Out To Dance by Elmore Leonard

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Elmore Leonard
• Title: When The Women Come Out To Dance: Short Stories
• Publisher: ‎Harper Large Print; First Harper Large Print Edition (November 19, 2002)
• Language: ‎English
• Format: Trade Paperback Large Print – 288 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0060533285
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0060533281
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.01 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎  6 x 0.76 x 9 inches
• Edition: First Harper Large Print Edition

Synopsis:

The unrivaled master of crime’s first collection of noir stories. . . . “If you thought you knew all the places Elmore Leonard could take you, think again.”—Mike Lupica

In more than 30 books spanning half a century, Elmore Leonard has captured the imagination of millions as few writers can. A literary icon praised by the New York Times Book Review as “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever, ” he has influenced many contemporary writers and is known for both the quality and accessibility of his writing.

In this first collection of short pieces, including two novella-length works, since his western anthology Tonto Woman, Leonard demonstrates the superb characterization, dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere, and driving plotting that have made him a household name.

About the Author:

Elmore Leonard wrote forty-five novels and nearly as many western and crime short stories across his highly successful career that spanned more than six decades.

Some of his bestsellers include Road Dogs, Up in Honey’s Room, The Hot Kid, Mr. Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, and the critically acclaimed collection of short stories Fire in the Hole. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Rum Punch, which became Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown.

Justified, the hit series from FX, is based on Leonard’s character Raylan Givens, who appears in Riding the Rap, Pronto, Raylan and the short story “Fire in the Hole”.

He was a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA, and the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America.

He was known to many as the ‘Dickens of Detroit’ and was a long-time resident of the Detroit area.