Get shorty | elmore leonard

Mob-connected loan shark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind--plus his friends have a bad habit of dying there.

So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay.

This town, with its dream-makers, glitter, hucksters, and liars--plus gorgeous, partially clad would-be starlets everywhere you look--seems ideal for an enterprising criminal with a taste for the cinematic.

Besides, Chilis got an idea for a killer movie, though it could very possibly kill him to get it made.