In Rwanda during the genocide, Hutu thugs storm into a church and kill everyone except Father Terry Dunn, on the alter saying his first mass. He's powerless to do anything about it--until one day he faces several of the killers and exacts a chilling penance. But is Terry Dunn really a priest? He doesn't always appear to act like one. He comes home to Detroit and runs into Debbie Dewey who's doing standup at a comedy club. In her set, Debbie tells what it was like in prison, down for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Terry and Debie hit it off; they have the same sense of humor and similar goals in that both are out to raise money. Terry says for the Little Orphans of Rwanda; Debbie to score off a guy who conned her out of sixty-seven thousand dollars. This is Randy, now wealthy, who runs a fashionable restaurant and is connected to the Detroit Mafia. It's Debbie who keeps prying until she learns the bizarre truth about Terry; Debbie who sells him on going in together for a much bigger payoff than either could manage alone. What happened in Rwanda remains alive through the unexpected twists and turns of the plot. But even with this tragic background. Pagan Babies comes off as Leonard's funniest straight-faced novel to date.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385333927
ISBN-13
9780385333924
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1717140
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pagan Babies
Author
Elmore Leonard
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, General
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3562.E55p3 2000
Reviews
"Leonard is cool and darkly hilarious ... Thanks to Leonard's twisted worldview everyting leading to [the ending] is pure reading pleasure." --Playboy "A riotious several hours with guys whose idea of a suitable enderment to their last bedmate is a heartfult, 'honey, you could be a pro.'" --Kirkus (starred) "Leonand transposes the conventions of popular fiction as adroitly as he rattles off his signature dialogue-to-die-dor ... Leonard can think as quickly as his characters." --Booklist "As readers watch, they'll know that they're standing at ground-zero Leonard, surrounded by some of the sweetest prose between covers this year and caught up in a crime thriller that takes admirable choices -- aesthetically and morally." --Publisher's Weekly (starred) From the Hardcover edition., "Leonard is cool and darkly hilarious ... Thanks to Leonard's twisted worldview everyting leading to [the ending] is pure reading pleasure." --Playboy "A riotious several hours with guys whose idea of a suitable enderment to their last bedmate is a heartfult, 'honey, you could be a pro.'" --Kirkus(starred) "Leonand transposes the conventions of popular fiction as adroitly as he rattles off his signature dialogue-to-die-dor ... Leonard can think as quickly as his characters." --Booklist "As readers watch, they'll know that they're standing at ground-zero Leonard, surrounded by some of the sweetest prose between covers this year and caught up in a crime thriller that takes admirable choices -- aesthetically and morally." --Publisher's Weekly(starred)
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
00-029506
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21
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