The Switch, Elmore Leonard
The Switch, Elmore Leonard
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The Switch

Author: Elmore Leonard

Narrator: Mark Hammer

Unabridged: 7 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/17/2010

Categories: Fiction, Crime, Western


Synopsis

“My favorite Leonard book….He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they sharpened their senses of ironic humor and grew better ears for dialogue.”
—Dallas Morning News“The best writer of crime fiction alive.”
—NewsweekDangerously eccentric characters, razor-sharp black humor, brilliant dialog, and suspense all rolled into one tight package—that’s The Switch, Elmore Leonard’s classic tale of a kidnapping gone wrong…or terribly right, depending on how you look at it. The Grand Master whom the New York Times Book Review calls, “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever,” has written a wry and twisting tale that any of the other all-time greats—Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, John D. MacDonald, James M. Cain, Robert Parker…every noir author who ever walked a detective, cop, or criminal into a shadowy alley—would be thrilled to call their own. Leonard, the man who has given us U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (currently starring in TV’s Justified) is at his storytelling best, as a spurned wife decides to take a rightful—and profitable—revenge on her deceiving hubby by teaming up with the two thugs he hired to abduct her.

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 Dave on March 10, 2021

An early novel by mystery/detective master Elmore Leonard that I read because it was available as an audiobook. It's not his best work, but nevertheless reveals even early on his knack for dialogue. So this one is about a kidnapping with one key "switch" in the plot. It takes a long time to set up a......more

Goodreads review by Sam on August 16, 2014

Elmore Leonard is known for his crazy-good, realistic dialogue who’s also a skilled and imaginative storyteller able to create memorable characters and plots. But every great writer puts out a stinker every now and then and The Switch is without question a stinker! A pair of low-level criminals, Lou......more

Goodreads review by Vikas on April 09, 2020

So what will happen if someone kidnap your wife but you are not interested in getting her back infact you filed for the divorce but two days back but your wife didn't know about it. Well that add to the mix some reluctant criminals a crazy nazi and a meek wife and you get a nice little read by the m......more