{"product_id":"road-dogs-a-novel-isbn-9780061733147","title":"Road Dogs: A Novel","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eRoad Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one.”\u003cbr\u003e—Dennis Lehane, author of \u003cem\u003eShutter Island \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Mystic River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e“You know from the first sentence that you’re in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This one’ll kill you.”\u003cbr\u003e—Stephen King\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003eElmore Leonard is eternal. In \u003cem\u003eRoad Dogs,\u003c\/em\u003e the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award winner and \u003cspan style=\"COLOR: black\"\u003e“America’s greatest crime master” (\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"\u003e) brings back three of his favorite characters—Jack Foley from \u003c\/span\u003eOut of Sight, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"\u003eCundo Rey from \u003c\/span\u003eLa Brava, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"\u003eand Dawn Navarro from \u003c\/span\u003eRiding the Rap—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"\u003efor a twisting, explosive, always surprising masterwork of crime fiction the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e calls, “a sly, violent, funny and superbly written story of friendship, greed, and betrayal.”\u003c\/span\u003e | \u003cp\u003eLegendary \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Elmore Leonard returns with three of his favorite characters: Jack Foley from \u003cem\u003eOut of Sight\u003c\/em\u003e, Cundo Rey from \u003cem\u003eLaBrava\u003c\/em\u003e, and Dawn Navarro from \u003cem\u003eRiding the Rap\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Foley, the charming bank robber from \u003cem\u003eOut of Sight\u003c\/em\u003e, is serving a thirty-year sentence in a Miami penitentiary, but he's made an unlikely friend on the inside who just might be able to do something about that. Fellow inmate Cundo Rey, an extremely wealthy Cuban criminal, arranges for Foley's sentence to be reduced from thirty years to three months, and when Jack is released just two weeks ahead of Cundo, he agrees to wait for him in Venice Beach, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso waiting for Cundo is his common-law wife, Dawn Navarro, a professional psychic with a slightly ulterior motive for staying with Cundo: namely, she wants his money. And with the arrival of Jack, she sees the perfect partner in a plan to relieve Cundo of his fortune. Cundo may be Jack's friend, but does that mean he can trust him? And can either of them trust Dawn?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoad Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e is Elmore Leonard at his best—with his trademark tight plotting and pitch-perfect dialogue—and readers will love seeing Cundo, Jack, and Dawn back in action and working together . . . or are they?\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e[Elmore Leonard] has created his own fictional world that we are privileged to visit now and then.... Leonard commands such a broad spectrum of fans that he might justifiably be called America’s Author. However, titles matter little; what truly counts is his ability to deliver a capital story splendidly told. Readers, rejoice! The beat goes on.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune on ROAD DOGS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There are hundreds of men and women who, in the twilight of their careers, should be regarded as national treasures... To that list let us add...Elmore Leonard, whose new book, Road Dogs, is yet another gem in a career that has endured for more than half a century...There is clearly more fun to be had here, and Leonard, the hippest, funniest national treasure in sight, is the man to prove it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Road Dogs is vintage Leonard—a sly, violent, funny and superbly written story of friendship, greed and betrayal. It’s the writer’s 43rd novel, Leonard still at the top of his game.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce DeSilva, San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Leonard’s works constitute a genre all by themselves. If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, the Michigan writer must be the most flattered author alive. 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