by Elmore Leonard · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440680594
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«Joe LaBrava» is the crime novel by Elmore Leonard, published in 1998 by Ediciones B in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Joe LaBrava, a former secret agent, works as a photographer and captures Miami street life with his camera. A favor for his friend Maury to help an old movie star gets him caught up in a web of deceit and danger: the actress, broke but owner of jewels and a Cadillac, is pursued by two criminals who will stop at nothing. Leonard combines mystery and irony with a colorful cast of Florida characters.
Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1984.
For readers of crime and noir fiction looking for a representative work by Elmore Leonard with mystery, irony, and streetwise characters.
Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story author and screenwriter. He was, according to British journalist Anthony Lane, "hailed as one of the best crime writers in the land". His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are Hombre, Swag, City Primeval, LaBrava, Glitz, Freaky Deaky, Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight and Tishomingo Blues.
