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The Hunted (1977)

door Elmore Leonard

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Fiction. Western. HTML: "Wonderful...razor-sharp." �??Los Angeles Times Book Review "Excellent....A plot and a chase as good as anything he has ever written." �??Bergan Record In Elmore Leonard's The Hunted, "crime fiction's greatest living practitioner" (Washington Post) carries the action far from his usual Detroit, Miami, and Los Angeles milieus, all the way to the Middle East. There no lack of excitement and suspense�??and the trademark Leonard dialogue�??in this superior tale of a fugitive hiding under the radar in Israel, until a well-publicized Good Samaritan act attracts the unwanted attention of well-armed Motown mobsters who are now coming to get him. The author who introduced the world to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (in his novels Pronto and Riding the Rap, before the lawman became the star of the hit TV drama Justified), the Grand Master shows why the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel calls him "the all-time king of the whack job crime novelists," and goes on to say that "Elmore Leonard tops them all"...including John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Robert B. Parker, and quite possibly every major mystery writer the U.S. has ever produced… (meer)

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Al Rosen stuck his neck out to help the Detroit government put some goons in prison, only it didn't go according to plan. He is living in Israel off the checks sent his way by the company he helped found. The checks are brought to him by the untrusty sleazy lawyer Mel Bandy. Rosen spends his days hanging out in hotel lobbies, getting sun, and just simply staying out of sight. But one fateful night there's a hotel fire that draws the attention of the media and Rosen gets photographed and wound up getting his face in the Detroit Free Press. Now Rosen's enemies know where he is and they immediately descend on the Holy Land for the purpose of killing him. Sgt. David Davis is about to finish his tour with the marines. The big problem is that he has no idea what to do with himself once he is out. Now Rosen is on the run in Israel with three killers and a sleazy lawyer on his tail and a U.S. Marine for company. Can this Vietnam vet U.S. Marine keep Rosen safe.....

CalleFriden | Feb 21, 2023 |

very entertaining and hard to put done - this was my first by Mr. Leonard, and I am looking forward to reading more (

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rjdycus | Dec 19, 2022 |

I wasn't quite sure what to expect with The Hunted, it being by far the earliest of Elmore Leonard's books that I've read, in addition to being one of his somewhat lesser known ones, but the style that I'm familiar with (from Glitz and Get Shorty) was definitely there.

I got confused at a few points regarding setting and geography, but I'm guessing that's my lack of experience with big cities, let alone Israel, more than anything. In addition, I couldn't help but think about Davis (my pick for the best character): would a Marine really get involved with this kind of stuff, these kinds of people? But then: does it really matter in a story like this?

There is a line during the ending sequence (which was great, and more than a little Western-like) that I think really sums up Elmore Leonard action scenes and endings, from what I can tell. It is the start of a chapter, and it goes like this, verbatim:

(TWO THINGS WERE HAPPENING at the same time.) (

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J.E.Schier | Oct 12, 2022 |

Really odd early Leonard set in Israel. He uses real, recognizable settings to tell a simple tale. (

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asxz | Mar 13, 2019 |

Typical Leonard, in the good sense of 'typical.' It takes place in Israel and, curious why a non-Jew chose the location, I asked Mr. Google and found out that he wrote it while there working on a movie project which became 52-pickup (which doesn't have anything to do with Israel.) (

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'There are other ways to get home before your tour is up. You can get shipped home in a body bag, or you can pull a hat trick and get three Purple Hearts. If you think it's worth it.'
- In a letter from Michael Cerre, formerly second lieutenant, 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division; postmarked December 3, 1970, Da Nang, Vietnam

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Fiction. Western. HTML:

"Wonderful...razor-sharp."
�??Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Excellent....A plot and a chase as good as anything he has ever written."
�??Bergan Record

In Elmore Leonard's The Hunted, "crime fiction's greatest living practitioner" (Washington Post) carries the action far from his usual Detroit, Miami, and Los Angeles milieus, all the way to the Middle East. There no lack of excitement and suspense�??and the trademark Leonard dialogue�??in this superior tale of a fugitive hiding under the radar in Israel, until a well-publicized Good Samaritan act attracts the unwanted attention of well-armed Motown mobsters who are now coming to get him. The author who introduced the world to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (in his novels Pronto and Riding the Rap, before the lawman became the star of the hit TV drama Justified), the Grand Master shows why the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel calls him "the all-time king of the whack job crime novelists," and goes on to say that "Elmore Leonard tops them all"...including John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Robert B. Parker, and quite possibly every major mystery writer the U.S. has ever produced

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