Maximum Bob

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Harper Collins, Jul 30, 2002 - Fiction - 352 pages

“Hilarious….Strange and risky….A right-on, pitch perfect novel, with wide social scope, comic genius, page-burning storytelling magic, and juicy characters who wrench your heart and gut.” —Washington Post Book World

 

A character so outrageous he could only have come from the ingenious imagination of Elmore Leonard, lewd, lecherous, law-bending Florida jurist Judge Robert “Maximum Bob” Gibbs has been judged guilty by a grudge-bearing malefactor and sentenced to death—by alligator, if necessary. Maximum Bob is a delightfully dark classic thriller from “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever” (New York Times Book Review), and any reader who loved getting gleefully lost in criminal mayhem of Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight, The Hot Kid, or any number of the inimitable Leonard’s numerous crime fiction masterworks will get maximum enjoyment out of this one.

 

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
17
Section 3
24
Section 4
38
Section 5
46
Section 6
55
Section 7
69
Section 8
84
Section 16
157
Section 17
173
Section 18
187
Section 19
203
Section 20
214
Section 21
226
Section 22
242
Section 23
255

Section 9
88
Section 10
100
Section 11
107
Section 12
117
Section 13
129
Section 14
137
Section 15
147
Section 24
272
Section 25
287
Section 26
300
Section 27
307
Section 28
315
Section 29
329

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Popular passages

Page 1 - ... the front door waiting. The bouncer, he tries to get tough then, showing off, so I give him one, popped him good thinking the deputies would see he's the one started it. Shit, they cuff me, throw...‎
Appears in 2 books from 1994-2002
Page 168 - And here was Gary Hammond in his navy-blue suit giving Elvin a friendly hello. "How you doing?" Introducing himself, showing the shield pinned to his belt. "I wonder if we could go inside, have a talk.‎
Appears in 2 books from 1997-2002
Page 235 - Earlene walked over to the kitchen, Kathy watching the way she moved in her short skirt and backless heels in a kind of confident slouch, a low-speed sway to her hips. She kept her hand on the small beaded purse hanging from her shoulder. Earlene was looking in the kitchen now. "Jesus — see that thing? He stuck it up my nose.‎
Appears in 2 books from 2002-2003
Page 235 - Jesus — see that thing? He stuck it up my nose." The shank made from a spoon. lving on the kitchen table. Gary edged past her and picked it up. "I thought he didn't threaten you." "It was when I said the place looked like a rat hole? He goes, 'You calling me a nigger?‎
Appears in 2 books from 2002-2003
Page 305 - That was the trouble, he did understand, He would know enough to walk in and start talking and Gary would think, oh no, have to sit here and listen to this guy and his bullshit, trapped, and Elvin would have him off guard, the nice guy putting up with him.‎
Appears in 2 books from 1996-2002
Page 33 - First, the shadow, or a feeling something was up there, right above her. Then looking up and seeing the alligator, its pale belly, its snout, its stubby legs moving in the water almost on top of her as she was swallowing the bite of banana, in that exact same moment...‎
Appears in 2 books from 1997-2002
Page 117 - I'd leave them alone and then I fill out forms. I don't get anything out of it because I never finish. It's always the same losers, one after another.‎
Appears in 2 books from 1996-2002
Page 50 - I'ma person was never married on the outside. But you get in there, something happens to you. Soon as I was put in with the population I started looking for a wife.‎
Appears in 2 books from 1997-2002
Page 69 - After several more minutes she began to move in a sluggish sort of way as though half asleep, not entirely upright on her legs, brushing the grass with her tail. The scent she liked became stronger as she moved and kept moving until her snout touched something she had never smelled before.‎
Appears in 2 books from 1997-2002

About the author (2002)

Elmore John Leonard, Jr. 10/11/25 -- 8/20/13 Elmore John Leonard, Jr., popularly known as mystery and western writer Elmore Leonard, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 11, 1925. He served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1946. He received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Detroit in 1950. After graduating, he wrote short stories and western novels as well as advertising and education film scripts. In 1967, he began to write full-time and received several awards including the 1977 Western Writers of America award and the 1984 Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award. His other works include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, 3:10 to Yuma, and Rum Punch. Many of his works were adapted into movies. Library of America recently announced plans to publish the first of a three-volume collection of his books beginning in the Fall of 2014. Leonard died on August 20, 2013 from complications of a stroke he had earlier. He was 87 years old.

Bibliographic information

TitleMaximum Bob
AuthorElmore Leonard
Editionreprint
PublisherHarper Collins, 2002
ISBN0060084081, 9780060084080
Length352 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / City Life
Fiction / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
  
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