Picket Line and Other Stories
$25.81
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2026
Summary
Elmore Leonard: Tales of Tension and Negotiation
Three unpublished stories from the master of crime fiction, showcasing his terse, harsh style and ability to conjure profound unease in just a few words.
‘Picket Line’ depicts a tense standoff between migrant workers, police, and labor organizers in Texas, a brilliant orchestration of arguments and negotiations with the potential for violence simmering beneath the surface.
‘Chick Killer’ and ‘Ice Man,’ set in Florida a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241755396 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241755395 |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage |
| Author: | Elmore Leonard |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 91g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 7mm |
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Critics Review
Like all of Leonard’s books, Picket Line is a taut and engaging tale. Crime dramas made Leonard famous, but this is a social-justice story… . Leonard renders their adventures and their thoughts in spare, elegant, Hemingway-inspired prose… . Picket Line builds a convincing portrait of the spirit of a lost, idealistic age… . It has the cinematic mastery of scene and dialogue that characterized Leonard’s later works – Héctor Tobar * The New York Times *
About The Author
Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) began his long and extraordinary career as a writer of Westerns, most famously a story which was made into the film 3-10 To Yuma. He then became known for his remarkable sequence of crime novels, generally set in Michigan or Florida. A master of funny and threatening dialogue, his influence has been incalculable. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN US and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
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