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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780060082208
ISBN number: 0060082208
Label: HarperTorch
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Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: June 01, 2002
Publishing house: HarperTorch
Release Date: June 04, 2002
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Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara hit it off in prison, where they were both doing time for grand theft auto. Now that they're out, they're joining forces for one big score. The plan is to kidnap the wife of a wealthy Detroit developer and hold her for ransom. But they didn't figure the lowlife husband wouldn't want his lady back. So it's time for Plan B and the opportunity to make a real killing -- with the unlikely help of a beautiful, ticked-off housewife who's hungry for a large helping of sweet revenge.
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Slow, terse, and unfocused. Elmore Leonard's 'The Switch' is one of his more convoluted works. A testament to late `70's upper-crust living and a some shady characters quick-money scheme that falls flat - much like this book.
Leonard's talent for developing personalities in small doses stands shaky in `The Switch'. Leonard quickly develops Mickey Dawson, a well-to-do wife living the country club lifestyle in suburban Detroit. Her life is set on appeasing her husband, Frank, a real estate businessman with a penchant for golf and booze. When two ex-cons contrive an idea to kidnap the wife, the plot then takes a twist even the ex-cons didn't anticipate. The book's ending, which leaves you with some intentions, is uninspiring.
Slow in reading and heavy in dialogue - leaning between insight and contemplation, this book is not one of Elmore Leonard's better offerings.
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This book was just okay for Elmore (which is still pretty damn good by anyone elses standards) but I found the ending paid off well - I should have seen it coming, but I didn't!
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I really like Elmore Leonard and have enjoyed and respected much of his work. But when reading this book I felt that Elmore had really mailed it in this time. The big "surprise" ending comes as no surprise, and the book fizzles rather than sizzles. In this book, the characters are more like cartoons than people. All in all, I was disappointed, and was glad when it was over so I could read something better.
Just so you know I'm not an Elmore basher, I just finished reading "The Hot Kid" and loved it.
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This one just seemed rushed to me. Usually when I read Leonard, I end up feeling like one of the characters. He makes you really feel his story with his characterizations and dialogue. Just too generic and formulaic. My wife read the blurb on the back and said "sounds like alot of other books" and she ended up being right. I like Rum Punch much better because it was more complex and we saw more of the same characters but got deeper into them.
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The Switch by Leonard has the base storyline use in the great 80s hit film "Ruthless People" with Danny Devito. Two hapless criminals kidnap the wife of a rich man and demand ransom- ransom he does not want to pay as they are embroiled in divorce proceedings. Set in the tony country club world of suburban Detroit this is classic Leonard. Wry, dry, ironic, funny and yet poignant at times. His characters come to life and stay with you.
Louis and his fellow ex-con buddy Ordell, re-team up in Rum Punch- the book another film was based on- "Jackie Brown".
Read a couple of Leonard novels and you will be coming back for more and more!
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