All the way from mr majestyk, through stick to maximum bob and last years rum punch, leonard has written about people for whom life is. The shortlived 1998 tv series maximum bob was based on leonards 1991 novel of. I just think of them as, for the most part, normal people who get up in the morning and they wonder what theyre going to have for breakfast, and they sneeze, and they wonder if they should call their mother, and then they rob a bank. You just cant fault leonard and this is one of his finest moments. The story of bigoted redneck judge bob gibbs maximum bob and who is trying to kill him. Turns out that all three were sentenced by illiberal palm beach county judge bob isom gibbs, aka maximum bob. Rum punch by elmore leonard pdf free download ebook. The inimitable elmore leonard follows up his bestseller maximum bob with a punch rum punch where a gun dealer, a flight attendant, and a bail bondsman make interesting bedfellows. Those who have never read leonard before are not only missing out on a very amusing storyteller, but should begin with one of leonards other better known novels such as get shorty, out of sight or maximum bob. October 11, 1925 august 20, 20 was an american novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A character so outrageous he could only have come from the ingenious imagination of elmore leonard, lewd, lecherous, lawbending florida jurist judge robert maximum bob gibbs has been judged guilty by a grudgebearing malefactor and sentenced to deathby alligator, if necessary. A january reread and another enjoyable encounter with elmore leonard and a strange cast of characters. High noon in detroit, the moonshine war, and gold coast, introduction by bob greene, arbor house new york, ny, 1986.
Maximum bob by elmore leonard overdrive rakuten overdrive. It is set in floridalike many of his novels and has the usual great dialogue, descriptions, and charactersgood and bad. Raylan is an average elmore leonard mystery, and thats not such a bad thing to be said about any book. The setting is palm beach county, florida, where someone places a live tenfoot alligator in the backyard of the bigoted, redneck judge bob gibbsknown to all as maximum boband his wife, leanne, a former weeki wachee mermaid. Elmore leonards double dutch treat contains city primeval. Better known as novelist and screenwriter elmore leonard, he joined the navy after graduating from high school and served in the south pacific. The abc television miniseries, maximum bob 1998 was based on the book. He was buried in a cemetery in bloomfield, michigan. When jackie gets caught smuggling her bosss gun money on the airline she works for, she hatches a plan with her ba. Elmore leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers raylan, tishomingo blues, be cool, get shorty, and rum punch. With vitalsource, you can save up to compared to print. Read fire in the hole stories by elmore leonard available from rakuten kobo. In this superb short fiction collection, elmore leonard, the greatest crime writer of our time. Fire in the hole ebook by elmore leonard 9780062208118.
Elmore leonard died a few years back and i am trying slowly to make my way through his oeuvreive enjoyed several already and maximum bob 1991 is no exception. Pdf download valdez is coming free by elmore leonard. New york times bestselling author elmore leonards sexy thriller that moves from miami to the motor city. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read maximum bob. A character so outrageous he could only have e from the ingenious imagination of elmore leonard, lewd, lecherous, law bending florida jurist judge robert maximum bob gibbs has been judged guilty by a grudge bearing malefactor and sentenced to deathby alligator, if necessary.
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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading maximum bob. Riding the rap, and the hit fx series justified, is brought back in this latest novel. Many of his books have been made into movies, including get shorty, out of sight, and quentin tarantinos jackie brown. Leonard returns to the florida coastline for his weakest novel since touch 1987a bumpily humorous but unfocused seriofarce about a probation officer and the eccentric judge she gets entangled with. Starring beau bridges, the show was based on elmore leonard s 1991 novel of the same name. Returning from service, he enrolled in the university of detroit and worked as an advertising copywriter.
Maximum bob is an american comedydrama television that aired on abc from august 4 until september 15, 1998. When someone delivers an alligator to judge bob gibbs porch, there s no shortage of suspects hardsentencing, womanizing redneck maximum bob is pretty much the most unpopular man in florida. See what your friends are reading maximum bob by elmore leonard see more. Out of sight ebook by elmore leonard 9780061826689 rakuten. Starring beau bridges, the show was based on elmore leonards 1991 novel of the same name. He has an unparalleled reputation among lovers of mayhem, suspense, and just plain wonderful writing. Ebook elmore leonard as pdf download portable document. Darker than his usual fare something very bad occurs to a good guy, leonards get shorty latest is no less excellent. A righton, pitch perfect novel, with wide social scope, comic genius, pageburning story. In an article for the new york times, elmore leonard explains his 10 fundamental rules for writing. Elmore leonard audiobooks download instantly today. Elmores legacy lives on, and the memory of his life is survived by five children, grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren. Maximum bob and millions of other books are available for instant access. Back in the year 2000, elmore was approached to write a novella to be published as an e book by online publisher, contentville press, the creation of journalistlawyerentrepreneur steven brill.
Maximum bob by elmore leonard pdf free download ebook. Buy ebook maximum bob by elmore leonard, ebook format, from the dymocks online bookstore. His funeral service was held at holy name church in birmingham, michigan. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Paradise, tishomingo blues, and the critically acclaimed collection of short stories, when the women come out to dance. The inimitable elmore leonard follows up his bestseller maximum bob with a punchrum punchwhere a gun dealer, a flight attendant, and a bail bondsman make interesting bedfellows.
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