Mr. Majestyk - Softcover

Leonard, Elmore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006008409X ISBN 13: 9780060084097

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2002

Synopsis

“Splendid...entirely engrossing.”
—Los Angeles Times

“First-rate...an excellent thriller...well-plotted and smoothly written...crackles with suspense.”
—Bergan Record

A classic crime novel, Mr. Majestyk is vintage Elmore Leonard—an edgy, dark, fiendishly compelling tale of a quiet man making a whole lot of noise.  “The best writer of crime fiction today” (USA Today)—the acclaimed author who brought the world Raylan Givens, the  trigger-happy U.S. Marshal who lights up  TV screens across America in the hit series Justified—Leonard makes a big noise himself with this timeless noir tale of personal justice and brutal vengeance. When a war veteran Arizona farmer loses everything, ruined by the local mob, he decides to fight back in this masterful crime fiction thriller—early proof that Leonard not only belongs in the company of John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Robert B. Parker and the other great names in American mystery and suspense...he is, in fact, “The King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times).

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Once, Vincent Majestyk crashed through a jungle with an M-15 and a sack of grenades. Now he works under the open skies of the American Southwest, growing melons on his farm. But a strong-arming punk came to Majestyk's fields and set off a violent chain reaction that left Majestyk without a friend in the world--except for one tough, beautiful woman.

Heading to prison, Majestyk finds himself shackled beside a notorious Mafia hit man. And now a man who's been searching for peace and a man who's been looking for an angle are about to be set free by a violent breakout: making the farmer and the hit man each other's only hope--and worst possible enemy.

Mr. Majestyk  is vintage Leonard, an edgy, dark, fiendishly compelling tale of a quiet man--making a whole lot of noise....

From the Back Cover

Vincent Majestyk saw too much death in the jungles of Southeast Asia. All he wants to do now is farm his melons and forget. But peace can be an elusive commodity, even in the Arizona hinterlands -- and especially when the local mob is calling all the shots. And one quiet, proud man's refusal to be strong-armed by a powerful hood is about to start a violent chain reaction that will leave Mr. Majestyk ruined, in shackles, and without a friend in the world -- except for one tough and beautiful woman. But his tormentors never realized something about their mark: this is not his first war. Vince Majestyk knows more than they'll ever know about survival . . . and everything about revenge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 006008409X
• ISBN 13: 9780060084097
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240