A review by ornithopter1
Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard

4.0

Well, that was a great running start on my 2023 reading. This is simply on another level of storytelling to most writers. The early chapters do so much, and with such economy, that I was grinning as I savoured the style of it all. The skill and wit were apparent right from the off. Chili Palmer is a gem of a character too. Watching the plot unfold around him was a pleasure. Chili - a loan shark with a love of movies - arrives circuitously in LA and coolly, adeptly, dips his toe into the movie business. To say more would risk spoiling the fun of watching Chili’s evolving journey, but, suffice to say, it’s well worth a read.