THE INSPIRATION FOR JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL┬аON FX
тАЬAs gritty and hard-driving a thriller as youтАЩll find....The action never stops, the language sings and stings.тАЭ тАФWashington Post
The City Primeval in Elmore LeonardтАЩs relentlessly gripping classic noir is Detroit, the authorтАЩs much-maligned hometown and the setting for many of the Grand MasterтАЩs acclaimed crime novels. The тАЬAlexander the Great of crime fictionтАЭ (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) shines in these urban mean streets, setting up a downtown showdown between the psychopathic, thrill-killing тАЬOklahoma WildmanтАЭ and the dedicated city copy whoтАЩs determined to take him down. The creator of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of TVтАЩs Justified fame, Elmore Leonard is the equal of any writer who has ever captivated readers with dark tales of heists, hijacks, double-crosses, and murderтАФJohn D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker includedтАФand nobody then or now is better.
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 тАЬFire in the Hole,тАЭ 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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