Freaky Deaky

by Elmore Leonard

Hardcover, 1988

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Available

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Publication

New York : Arbor House, 1988.

Description

"Wonderfully wicked...a nonstop, pedal-to-the-metal romp." --Chicago Tribune Over-the-hill former counter-culture SDS revolutionaries decide to turn bomb-making--and detonating--from a political statement to a profitable enterprise in the master Elmore Leonard's electrifying and explosively funny thriller Freaky Deaky. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls Leonard, "the world's greatest cops 'n' robbers novelist." The Seattle Times says, "Leonard is more than just one of the all-time greats of crime fiction. He's fast becoming an authentic American icon." No matter where you wish to place the man who created the character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, lately of TV's hit series Justified, in the pantheon of mystery and noir detective fiction demigods--John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and the like--there is no denying that nobody does it better than the Grand Master Elmore Leonard!… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member pgmcc
This is the first Elmore Leonard book I have read, but I was familiar with the movie based on his novel, "Get Shorty". "Freaky Deaky" was very much the same type of fast paced, wisecracking story with an integral plot involving mishaps and police procedures. The characters were well sculpted and
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bounced off one another just right.

I found it very entertaining. It is just the type of light relief one needs every now and again.
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LibraryThing member gazzy
Better than a movie, this fast paced adventure is based in Michigan, with all the usual colorful E.L. characters drawn razor sharp.
LibraryThing member andy475uk
The first time that I read Freaky Deaky (back in the eighties) it was my first encounter with Elmore Leonard and made me want to go out and read most of his back catalogue immediately. Therefore, coming back to it again I was surprised to find that I didn't enjoy it as much as I had previously and
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felt it lacked the wit and excitement of some of his other books. I think, part of the problem is that the main character Chris Mankowski doesn't really compare in strength to other classic Leonard characters like Foley, Stick or Chili Palmer and although there's plenty of double crossing taking place here it's not as well plotted as some of the other books that he's written.
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LibraryThing member nmele
If not for my book club, I would probably not have read anything by Elmore Leonard, ever, despite reading reviews praising him for his dialogue and characters. I agree, his writing is superb: funny, sharp, surprising.
LibraryThing member bjkelley
How good is Elmore Leonard. Well, so good that usually when I finish a book I donate it somewhere, but Freaky Deaky was so good, I can't think about it leaving me. I may have even read this book in the past.....that's the one (and maybe only) thing good about getting old, you forget what books or
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movies you may have seen in the past and can enjoy them all over again.
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