WhentheWomenComeOuttoDance:Stories

作者 Elmore Leonard著
出版社 HarperCollinsUS
出版时间 2004年1月
ISBN 9780060586164
定价 213.70

内容简介

ElmoreLeonard,aliteraryiconpraisedbyTheNewYorkTimesBookReviewas"thegreatestcrimewriterofourtime,perhapsever,"hascapturedtheimaginationofmillionsofreaderswithhismorethanthreedozenbooks.Inthisshortfictioncollection,Leonarddemonstratesthesuperbcharacterizations,dead-ondialogue,vividatmosphere,anddrivingplotsthathavemadehimahouseholdname—andonceagainillustratesthatthelinebetweenthelawandthelawbreakersisnotasfirmaswemightthink.FederalmarshalKarenSisco,fromthebestsellingnovelOutofSight,returnsin"KarenMakesOut,"onceagaininadvertentlymixingpleasurewithbusiness.In"FireintheHole,"RaylanGivens,lastseeninRidingtheRapandPronto,meetsupwithanoldfriend,butthey'renowondifferentsidesofthelaw.Inthetitlestory,"WhentheWomenComeOuttoDance,"Mrs.Mahmoodgetsmorethanshebargainsforwhensheconspireswithhermaidtoendherunhappymarriage.AllninestoriesareElmoreLeonardathisvivid,hilarious,andunfailinglyhumanbest.

作者简介

ElizabethPeters(writingasBarbaraMichaels)wasbornandbroughtupinIllinoisandearnedherPh.D.inEgyptologyfromtheUniversityofChicago'sfamedOrientalInstitute.PeterswasnamedGrandmasterattheinauguralAnthonyAwardsin1986,GrandmasterbytheMysteryWritersofAmericaattheEdgar?Awardsin1998,andgivenTheLifetimeAchievementAwardatMaliceDomesticin2003.ShelivesinanhistoricfarmhouseinwesternMaryland.

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