Maximum Bob - Elmore Leonard

"Dale Crowe Junior told Kathy Baker, his probation officer, he didn't see where he had done anything wrong. He had gone to the go-go bar to meet a buddy of his, had one beer, that's all, while he was waiting, minding his own business and this go-go whore came up to his table and started giving him a private dance he never asked for."  Enter the world of Elmore Leonard.

The setting is Palm Beach County, Florida, where someone places a live ten-foot alligator in the backyard of the bigoted, redneck judge Bob Gibbs-known to all as Maximum Bob-and his wife, Leanne, a former Weeki Wachee mermaid. Not long after that, shots are fired into the judge's house. It doesn't take much figuring to conclude that someone's out to get him and that malefactor isn't going to stop at the second try. There's a long list of suspects: Dale Crowe, who just got an outrageous sentence for a minor crime; his uncle Elvin, a killer on parole, raring to go again; Dr. Tommy Vasco, the drugged out former medical doctor; his equally bizarre friend, Hector; and Dicky Campau, who makes a living poaching alligators. And there are others.


Somehow Kathy Baker, a nifty young probation officer, has got herself in the middle of all this. She's got to avoid two seducers-the judge and a homicidal maniac-and work with a young police officer who interests her for more than professional reasons. Trying to pick out from his assortment of bad guys, sociopaths, and punks the one who's trying to kill the judge is pure entertainment, as only Elmore Leonard, with his ear for the sound and eye for the sight of lowlife, can provide.
 

ELMORE LEONARD has written twenty-nine novels, including such best sellers as Get Shorty, Glitz, Freaky Dicky, and Killshot. Many of his books have been made into movies and he has written numerous screenplays. He lives with his wife, Joan, in Birmingham, Michigan.

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Cumva, Kathy Baker, un tânăr ofițer de probațiune deștept, s-a băgat în mijlocul tuturor acestor lucruri. Trebuie să evite doi seducatori - judecătorul și un maniac criminal - și să lucreze cu un tânăr ofițer de poliție care o interesează din motive mai mult decât profesionale. Încercarea de a-l alege din sortimentul său de băieți răi, sociopați și punks pe cel care încearcă să-l omoare pe judecător este pur divertisment, așa cum doar Elmore Leonard, cu urechea pentru sunet și ochiul pentru vederea lowlife, poate oferi.

ELMORE LEONARD a scris douăzeci și nouă de romane, inclusiv bestselleruri precum Get Shorty, Glitz, Freaky Dicky și Killshot. Multe dintre cărțile sale au fost transformate în filme și a scris numeroase scenarii. Locuiește cu soția sa, Joan, în Birmingham, Michigan.

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