Swag

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Summary: Elmore's masterpiece
Review: Although it is hard to select Elmore's best work, for my money Swag is the one. Swag is funny, dramatic and tense at the same time. The humor is subtle, but is vintage Elmore. The tension carried thorughout the book is masterful. You really don't know until the final paragraph whether Ryan and Stick will get away or not. All in all, a tremendous book. I would recoomend Swag to any one who has not read any Elmore. Enjoy.

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Summary: It¿s like being in Detroit again...
Review: As a transplanted Detroiter, whenever I need a hometown fix, I read an Elmore Leonard or Loren Estleman novel. This particular Leonard gem, Swag, is especially satisfying. Leonard's characters cruise the streets you've cruised, and encounter people you've met. The premise: car salesman Frank Ryan teams up with Oklahoma cement worker and car thief Ernest Stickley ("Stick") to live the high life, via armed robbery. Frank is the one whose carefully crafted rules allow them to live in luxury, but it's Frank's deviation from the rules that brings about the duo's downfall. The book is a provocative portrait, warts and all, of pre-recession Detroit: before the auto industry collapsed entirely, when Hudson's still had its downtown flagship department store, and before crack infected the streets of the city.

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Summary: Swag, by Elmore Leonard A great novel.
Review: Before I get into talking about this novel, let me tell you a little bit about myself, my name is Jason Fisher, I am 17 years old, and unofrtunately I am not the kind of person who likes to read, unfortunately. When I was recomended to read this book by one of my teachers, I thought to myself, let me give it a try, so I did. I got the book and let it sit in my room for a few weeks. When I finally picked up the book to read the first few chapters I realized that I could not put the book down, it was an amazing book. I finished the book in one day, and for me that is VERY good. The book is about two men, Stick and Frank, who go in together on a bunch of armed roberies in Detroit to earn some extra cash. They meet some girls, and their lives get much better. When they do their biggest job of all, rob the Hudsons building in Detroit, they run into some trouble in their robbery. You will have to read the book to find out what happens. I would recomend this book to anybody who wants to read a greeat book, Elmore Leonard paints a perfect picture in your head. It is very easy to make the picture in your head if you are from Detriot because it talks about the actual cities, roads, and even some stores that are in the suburbs of Detroit. This was a great book and I am just about to start reading one of his other novels titled "Sitck." Thanks for writing a great book Elmore.