Bandits

Name: Bandits
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Author: Elmore Leonard
ISBN: 9780061993770

Author: Elmore Leonard

Narrator: Frank Muller

Unabridged: 8 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/10/2012

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Collections & Anthologies, Anthologies

Synopsis

“Almost unbearable suspense. Leonard has produced another winner.”
—PeopleA wild ride with “the coolest, hottest writer in America” (Chicago Tribune), Bandits has everything Elmore Leonard fans love: non-stop thrills, unexpected twists and turns, unforgettable characters, and the most razor-sharp dialogue being rapidly exchanged anywhere in the crime fiction genre. Leonard stands tall among the all-time greats (John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain) and towers far above most of the writers currently plying the noir fiction trade. The master who created U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, currently of the hit TV series Justified, is at the top of his game, ensnaring readers in an ingenious plot hatched by a former jewel thief and a radical ex-nun to scam millions from a sadistic Nicaraguan colonel. In fact, the Philadelphia Inquirer says Bandits “may well be his best.” Read it and decide for yourself.

About Elmore Leonard

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on January 15, 2023

Published in 1987, Bandits is very much a book of its time, set at the end of the Reagan administration when the war in Nicaragua was raging between the governing Sandinistas and the rebel Contras. The Reagan administration viewed the Sandinistas as a bunch of dirty commies who represented a signifi......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on December 20, 2015

Not everyone is satisfied with a steady job, a two-story house, and a white-picketed lawn. Elmore Leonard characters, for instance. Leonard's books usually showcase men who have spent time in prison or who were slightly crooked, burned-out cops. Often these gentlemen in the beginning of a Leonard st......more

Goodreads review by K on February 24, 2023

Another solid EL novel, featuring a raft of characters and that great Leonard dialogue. Perhaps the most intriguing character of all was Franklin de Dios— a Meskito Indian who works for a corrupt leader whose plan it is to raise millions for the contra rebels but then abscond with the funds. As othe......more

Goodreads review by Geoff on December 30, 2017

Note to self: you don't really enjoy Elmore Leonard books. You just think you should because he has a cool name and big reputation. You find him quite hard to follow and the attitudes and characters all feel a bit dated now. You do like the physical details in the dialogue but that's not enough it i......more

Goodreads review by Shane on December 16, 2014

I picked this book because Elmore Leonard was described to me as the “greatest American author,” and it raised my curiosity, for I have heard that term used loosely with a lot of “greats.” Perhaps “greatest” applies to the noir he was writing in: crime with a touch of black humour. The situation is b......more