Hombre

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext John Russell has been raised as an Apache. Now he's on his way to live as a white man. But when the stagecoach passengers learn who he is, they want nothing to do with him -- until outlaws ride down on them and they must rely on Russell's guns and his ability to lead them out of the desert. He can't ride with them, but they must walk with him or die. Zusammenfassung “Although known for his mysteries, Elmore Leonard has penned some of the best western fiction ever.” — USA Today “A classic….Leonard’s writing style is as effortless and enjoyable as watching a good movie.” — Portland Oregonian Grand Master Elmore Leonard is justifiably acknowledged as “the best writer of crime fiction alive” ( Newsweek )—and, in fact, one of the very best ever, alongside other all-time greats like John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker. But he has also many acclaimed masterworks of American western fiction to his credit—including Hombre , the basis for the classic Hollywood motion picture starring Paul Newman. Set in Arizona mining country, Hombre is the tale of a white man raised by Indians, who must come to the aid of people who hate him when their stagecoach is attacked by outlaws. As thrilling as his contemporary novels of crime, double-cross, and murder in Detroit and Miami, Hombre is Elmore Leonard at his riveting best—no less than one would expect from the creator of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens ( Justified ). ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Elmore Leonard
• Verlag: Harper Collins Usa
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 05.03.2002
• EAN: 9780380822249
• ISBN: 978-0-380-82224-9
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 106 mm x 171 mm x 13 mm
• Themen: Romance, Science Fiction, Historical fiction, Romance: ‘western’, rural or ‘outback’, Historical fantasy, Ancient World, c 1000 CE to c 1500, United States of America, USA, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Adventure fiction: Westerns, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Action & Adventure, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Westerns, FICTION: Romance / Western, FICTION: Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, FICTION: Romance / Action & Adventure, FICTION: Historical / Ancient, Adventure / action fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary