Road Dogs: A Novel

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by Elmore Leonard

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“ Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one.” —Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island and Mystic River   “You know from the first sentence that you’re in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This one’ll kill you.” —Stephen King   Elmore Leonard is eternal. In Road Dogs, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award winner and “America’s greatest crime master” ( Newsweek ) brings back three of his favorite characters—Jack Foley from Out of Sight, Cundo Rey from La Brava, and Dawn Navarro from Riding the Rap— for a twisting, explosive, always surprising masterwork of crime fiction the San Francisco Chronicle calls, “a sly, violent, funny and superbly written story of friendship, greed, and betrayal.” [Elmore Leonard] has created his own fictional world that we are privileged to visit now and then.... Leonard commands such a broad spectrum of fans that he might justifiably be called America’s Author. However, titles matter little; what truly counts is his ability to deliver a capital story splendidly told. Readers, rejoice! The beat goes on.” - San Diego Union-Tribune on ROAD DOGS “There are hundreds of men and women who, in the twilight of their careers, should be regarded as national treasures... To that list let us add...Elmore Leonard, whose new book, Road Dogs, is yet another gem in a career that has endured for more than half a century...There is clearly more fun to be had here, and Leonard, the hippest, funniest national treasure in sight, is the man to prove it.” - Washington Post “Road Dogs is vintage Leonard―a sly, violent, funny and superbly written story of friendship, greed and betrayal. It’s the writer’s 43rd novel, Leonard still at the top of his game.” - Bruce DeSilva, San Francisco Chronicle “Leonard’s works constitute a genre all by themselves. If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, the Michigan writer must be the most flattered author alive. Because he makes it look easy.” - Detroit Free Press “Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one. Not only does he have no equal, he doesn’t even have a legitimate contender. He makes it look so effortless that if he wasn’t the greatest crime writer who ever lived I might have to hate him. But he is, so I just tip my hat.” - Dennis Lehane “Leonard writes with high style, great energy, unflappable cool and a jubilant love of the game. As ever, his scorn for fussy prose is best expressed through his own superbly lean locutions.” - New York Times on ROAD DOGS Legendary New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard returns with three of his favorite characters: Jack Foley from Out of Sight , Cundo Rey from LaBrava , and Dawn Navarro from Riding the Rap . Fresh out of prison, Foley hooks up with Dawn Navarro, the common-law wife of Foley's extremely wealthy friend, Cundo Rey, in a plan to relieve Cundo of his fortune. What's "trust" among friends when money is involved? 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.

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