Riding the Rap

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Riding the Rap
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First edition
AuthorElmore Leonard
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime/Contemporary
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
1995
Pages294 (326 paperback)
ISBN0385324170
Preceded byPronto 

Riding the Rap is a 1995 crime fiction novel by Elmore Leonard. It is the sequel to Leonard's Pronto, released in 1993.

Synopsis[]

Like Pronto, Riding the Rap centers around Harry Arno, World War II veteran and bookie, now 67 years old. The book also features a reappearance of Joyce Patton, Harry's ex-girlfriend and a former stripper, and her new boyfriend Raylan Givens, an always-gets-his-man old western type law enforcer who later comes to Harry's aid when he discovers the plot set up by Chip Ganz, Bobby Deo, and Louis Lewis. Ganz, who is $16,500 in debt, hatches a plan to steal the millions that Harry has skimmed from the mafia over the years from a Swiss bank account by taking him hostage and forcing the money out of him. It's up to Raylan Givens to find Harry Arno before it's too late.

Connections[]

This story formed the basis of the third episode of the first season of the FX television show Justified, called "Fixer".[1][2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.existentialennui.com/2011/02/justified-raylan-givens-in-elmore_08.html
  2. ^ Fernsehserie und Literatur: Facetten einer Medienbeziehung edited by Vincent Fröhlich, Lisa Gotto, Jens Ruchatz, page 229
  3. ^ Transmedia Storytelling, Adaptation, and the Reversing of Justified, by Michael Graves. Adaptation, Volume 10, Issue 1, 1 March 2017, Pages 1–17
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