Synopsis Bookie Harry Arno is about to retire with his girlfriend to the Italian Riviera. It's a dream come true, made possible by cheating his boss, Jimmy Cap, a little at a time for 20 years. Now the FBI has set up a sting to get Jimmy Cap, and if Harry Arno wants to go free, he's going to have to help them do it. Or is he?
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1993-10-01 | | Narrated by: | Joe Mantegna |
| Size | | Height: | 7.3 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Harry Arno, a Miami bookie who wants to retire to the Italian Riviera, becomes the fall guy in an FBI sting and is suddenly on an intercontinental run from lawmen and gangsters alike. Simultaneous.
Industry Reviews "'Pronto' is state-of-the-art Leonard, written with a cool, bemused, knowing tone and a considerable appreciation for the absurd...guaranteed amusement." Miami Herald
"Fascinating...you'll be engrossed....No one writes better dialog. No one conveys society's seedier or marginal characters more convincingly. Once again, Leonard's sardonic view of the world proves immensely entertaining, and not a little thought-provoking." Detroit Free Press
"Leonard's descriptive writing is evocative and unobtrusive; he makes physical place visible in the reader's imagination, which is harder than most readers realize. He is exceptionally good at what he does, and what he does is well worth doing. Nobody does it better." Washington Post Book World
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