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52 Pick-Up

Pages
192
Published
1974
Language
English

Synopsis

A gritty noir tale of blackmail, betrayal, and a desperate man's fight to protect his family and his reputation. When a gang of low-level criminals obtain a tape of him with a stripper, businessman Harry Mitchell is forced into a deadly game of wits against the men who hold his life in their hands. Based on Elmore Leonard's acclaimed novel, the story is told through a series of tense, morally ambiguous chapters that build toward a final confrontation. Told with the sharp, unsentimental voice of a master of the crime genre, 52 Pick-Up is a study of desperation, loyalty, and the cost of silence.

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About the author

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Elmore LeonardFiction · Mystery1925–2013

Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. 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. --Wikipedia

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Characters

Harry MitchellProtagonist

A successful businessman and the film's narrator, who is blackmailed by a gang of criminals after a tape of him and a stripper is leaked.

Alan RaimyAntagonist

The leader of the blackmailing gang, a former accountant and amateur filmmaker.

BobbyAntagonist

A violent member of the blackmailing gang.

Barbara MitchellSupporting

Harry's wife, a politician, who is also targeted by the blackmailers.

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