{"product_id":"switch-1","title":"Switch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"My favorite Leonard book....He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they sharpened their senses of ironic humor and grew better ears for dialogue.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best writer of crime fiction alive.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDangerously eccentric characters, razor-sharp black humor, brilliant dialog, and suspense all rolled into one tight package--that's \u003cem\u003eThe Switch\u003c\/em\u003e, Elmore Leonard's classic tale of a kidnapping gone wrong...or terribly right, depending on how you look at it. The Grand Master whom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003ecalls, \"the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever,\" has written a wry and twisting tale that any of the other all-time greats--Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, John D. MacDonald, James M. Cain, Robert Parker...every noir author who ever walked a detective, cop, or criminal into a shadowy alley--would be thrilled to call their own. Leonard, the man who has given us U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (currently starring in TV's \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e) is at his storytelling best, as a spurned wife decides to take a rightful--and profitable--revenge on her deceiving hubby by teaming up with the two thugs he hired to abduct her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elmore Leonard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47276300763372,"sku":"9780062206138","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780062206138.jpg?v=1770198679","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/switch-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}