The Switch

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The chaotic, blackly comic story is carried aloft on Leonard's cool, easy prose... Elmore Leonard's centenary year is the ideal time to discover, or rediscover, the prolific American western and crime writer whose work - fuelled by wit, charm, action and dialogue - dominated cinema screens in the 1990s * The Observer's 20 Books to Read this Summer * A trio of Elmore Leonard crime novels show that, for all his concision and aptitude for depicting violence, the magic of his prose lies in wit and charm -- John Self * The Observer * PRAISE FOR ELMORE LEONARD * - * The crime writer's crime writer, King of all he surveys -- Ian Rankin Cool talk, hot action ... it's impossible not to love Elmore Leonard * LA Times * The hottest thriller writer in the US * TIME * The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever * The New York Times Book Review * Leonard is a genius * The New York Times * Elmore Leonard can write circles around almost anybody active in the crime novel today * The New York Times * Leonard provides the fizziest and cleverest dialogue in crime fiction. A total delight * The Times *