Pronto
New York: Delacorte Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover boards. Fine / Complete dust jacket in Fine condition. Item #5369
ISBN: 9780385308465
First Edition, First Printing (with full number line) signed by the author in black ink across the title page. As New/Fine with next to no signs of wear to either book or dust jacket. Complete dust jacket now housed in an archival cover.
Writer Elmore first found success writing westerns before transitioning to crime novels. His notable short stories include “3:10 to Yuma,” “Hombre,” “The Captives,” and “Valdez is Coming.” Many of his novels have been adapted to film, including Tarantino’s adaptation of “Rum Punch” as “Jackie Brown,” as well as popular films“Get Shorty” and “Be Cool.” Cowboy-hat-wearing Raylan Givens, introduced in “Pronto” for the first time, would later become the protagonist for the television series “Justified,” played by Timothy Olyphant. Rumor on the street is that Leonard is referred to as “the Dickens of Detroit,” a nickname based on his ability to portray realistic characters through his gritty, believable dialogue and regional colloquialisms.
In an interesting 2005 interview with Teresa Miller for “Writing Out Loud,” Elmore discussed his writing process, including the fact that he rarely ever worried about one of the more dreaded aspects of writing: how to end a novel.
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