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Mob-connected loanshark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind -- plus his "friends" have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town with its dreammakers, glitter, hucksters, and liars -- plus gorgeous,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Chili Palmer: Mob-connected loanshark and film buff
- Harry Zimm: a B film producer based in Los Angeles
- Michael Weir (aka 'Shorty'): Add a description of this character.
- Bo Catlett
- Karen Flores
- Leo Devoe
- Mr. Lovejoy
- Ronnie
- Nicki
- Dennis
- Tommy Carlo
- Bear
- Ray Bones
- Annette
- Debbie
- Elaine Levin
- Ilona
- Billy Darwin
- Dick Allen
- Farrah
- Momo
- Marvin Gaye
- Jimmy Cap
- Stanley
- Marcella
- Murray
- John Wayne
- Randy
- Beth
- Benny
- Dean Martin
- Buddy
- Robert De Niro
- Raji
- Bobby
Quotes edit
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“I'm the guy who's telling you the way it is.”
Chili Palmer -
“I once asked this literary agent, uh, what kind of writing paid the best... he said, "Ransom notes.”
Harry Zimm
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Chili and Tommy were both from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, old buddies now in business together. Tommy Carlo was connected to a Brooklyn crew through his uncle, a guy named Momo,
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SOUNDS LIKE WRITING, REWRITE IT V. MARTIN AMIS INTERVIEWS “THE DICKENS OF
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for lunch at Vesuvio’s on South Collins and had his leather jacket ripped off. One
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When Chili first came to Miami Beach twelve years ago they were having one of their off-and-on cold winters: thirty-four degrees the day he met Tommy Carlo for lunch at Vesuvio's on South Collins and had his leather jacket ripped off.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 174 of 1271 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Wise Children, and followed by Amongst Women.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Elmore Leonard (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0385301413
Page Count: 292
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0385301413
Page Count: 292
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3562.E55 G4 1990
- Dewey: 813.54
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Movie Connections edit
- Get Shorty (1995) (IMDb): Staring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, and Dennis Farina
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