The Switch

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 RankinCool 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 *

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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