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Summary: Leonard on the mark !
Review: Elmore Leonards characters and story are brilliant and original in this story of a man getting mixed up with some bad dominicans/a rich mans wife and some private detectives.
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Summary: the usual Elmore Leomard competence...
Review: For fans for Elmore Leonard you already know he writes tight crime novels often strewn with humour and great characters. And despite being largely formulaic in approach (..his lead characters all seem to be the same) he succeeds in entertaining the reader. And the same holds true with 'Cat Chaser'.With 'Cat Chaser' we have an ex-military guy in south Florida involved doing hanky-panky with the wife of a former monster from a Carribean country (Dominican Republic) before the Americans kicked him out. The outcome is inevitable but along the way we meet strange characters (the usual Miami oddballs, and a few imports from the Dominican Republic) who do some very strange things. While here are also a good number of funny bits Leonard is no match for the Florida comic crime novel master Carl Hiaasen. Bottom line: a fun if not enthralling Elmore Leonard venture. Fans will rejoice.
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Summary: the usual Elmore Leomard competence...
Review: For fans for Elmore Leonard you already know he writes tight crime novels often strewn with humour and great characters. And despite being largely formulaic in approach (..his lead characters all seem to be the same) he succeeds in entertaining the reader. And the same holds true with 'Cat Chaser'. With 'Cat Chaser' we have an ex-military guy in south Florida involved doing hanky-panky with the wife of a former monster from a Carribean country (Dominican Republic) before the Americans kicked him out. The outcome is inevitable but along the way we meet strange characters (the usual Miami oddballs, and a few imports from the Dominican Republic) who do some very strange things. While here are also a good number of funny bits Leonard is no match for the Florida comic crime novel master Carl Hiaasen. Bottom line: a fun if not enthralling Elmore Leonard venture. Fans will rejoice.
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Summary: True love, violence and intrigue part waves in Florida.
Review: Not much is happening in Pompano Beach, Florida, where George Moran owns the Coconut Palms Motel. The sun rises and falls, as always, converging on his little view of the ocean. But the ex-leatherneck is not content to live forever next to the pool with a six-pack in his grip. A sentimental vacation to Santo Domingo, where Moran was shot in the leg by a sniper in '65, ignites old memories and Moran ends up going to bed with Mary de Boya, the beautiful wife of a Miami millionaire and former Dominican army general. Once again, Elmore Leonard delivers another ruthless tale of intrigue and violence that is sure to move you in directions unimaginable.
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Summary: Good Read for a Day at the Beach...
Review: This was the first Elmore Leonard novel I've read, though I SAW Out of Sight and Get Shorty. Obviously, I felt like I knew what to expect before I opened the book: numerous plot twists, character's who've seen better days and tight dialogue. I'm not a fan of "detective" fiction, so I can't really compare it to that. I found the setting to be compelling: motel in South Florida, the Dominican Republic. I thought the main character's experience with the Marines in the Dominican Republic was interesting. Frankly, as a 28 year old, I wasn't even aware that Marines were in the Dominican Republic at that time. Book is a quick read, no matter how you slice it. Despite the "adult" subject matter, it occurs to me that Leonard novels would make a good read for a certain kind of high school student. Leonards books are always cheap to pick up and widely available. The rythym of the dialogue in "Cat Chaser" is above average.
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Summary: Good Read for a Day at the Beach...
Review: This was the first Elmore Leonard novel I've read, though I SAW Out of Sight and Get Shorty. Obviously, I felt like I knew what to expect before I opened the book: numerous plot twists, character's who've seen better days and tight dialogue. I'm not a fan of "detective" fiction, so I can't really compare it to that. I found the setting to be compelling: motel in South Florida, the Dominican Republic. I thought the main character's experience with the Marines in the Dominican Republic was interesting. Frankly, as a 28 year old, I wasn't even aware that Marines were in the Dominican Republic at that time. Book is a quick read, no matter how you slice it. Despite the "adult" subject matter, it occurs to me that Leonard novels would make a good read for a certain kind of high school student. Leonards books are always cheap to pick up and widely available. The rythym of the dialogue in "Cat Chaser" is above average.
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Summary: Leonard's most overlooked.
Review: When you get caught up reading a writer's work there's always one selection that always stands out. CAT CHASER is mine. The characters, the dialogue, the location (you can see where he got Cuba Libre from) all fit together like a favorite quilt you just can't get rid of. It's the hero who decides it's time to do it one more time. Maybe not for the woman, but just out of curosity. A plot worth reading and a hero as cool as LaBrava or Chili Palmer.
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Summary: Fast read!
Review: With the exception of a princess phone and a couple of black and white TVs,Elmore Leonard's 1982 "Cat Chaser" is as contemporary as today's paper. It is well crafted, full of the usual Leonard streetwise, quirky characters. One con artist after another trying to out con the other. Escapist reading at its best.
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Summary: Fast read!
Review: With the exception of a princess phone and a couple of black and white TVs,Elmore Leonard's 1982 "Cat Chaser" is as contemporary as today's paper. It is well crafted, full of the usual Leonard streetwise, quirky characters. One con artist after another trying to out con the other. Escapist reading at its best.
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Summary: Fast read!
Review: With the exception of a princess phone and a couple of black and white TVs,Elmore Leonard's 1982 "Cat Chaser" is as contemporary as today's paper. It is well crafted, full of the usual Leonard streetwise, quirky characters. One con artist after another trying to out con the other. Escapist reading at its best.
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