Be Cool
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3.8
Elmore Leonard
Get Shorty’s Chili Palmer is back in Be Cool, a classic novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard. But this time it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy.After a smash hit and a flop, B-movie-producer Chili Palmer is looking for another score. Lunching with a record company executive, Chili's exploring a hot new idea—until the exec, a former "associate" from Chili's Brooklyn days, gets whacked.Segue from real life to reel life. Chili's found his plot. It's a slam-bang opener: the rubout of a record company mogul. Cut to an ambitious wannabe singer named Linda Moon. She has attitude and a band. She's perfect. Zoom in to reality. Linda's manager thinks Chili's poaching and he's out to get even, with the help of his switch-hitting Samoan bodyguard.But somebody else beat them to the punch, as Chili discovers when he gets home and finds a corpse at his desk. Somebody made a mistake...
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Author
Elmore Leonard
Pages
288
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2009-10-13
ISBN
006180486X 9780061804861
Ratings
Google: 5
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"I remember liking Get Shorty a lot, but not much else about it. Four years later reading Be Cool had me thinking it was even better than I remembered. I love Elmore Leonard, and this is one of his better characters. Leonard had the ability to write like things would really happy... for characters to talk and think like real people. It's a surprisingly difficult task, considering how real we all are. Leonard pulls it off beautifully. Read the book. Read all of his books. <br/><br/>"
Andrew Greene