Rum Punch
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| Author | Elmore Leonard |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 344 |
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| OCLC | 24671033 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3562.E55 R8 1992 |
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Rum Punch is a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard that was adapted into the film Jackie Brown (1997) by director Quentin Tarantino.[1][2]
The characters Ordell Robbie, Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston first appeared in Leonard's novel The Switch, which itself has also been adapted as a film, Life of Crime, first shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] with Isla Fisher as Melanie and Gara portrayed by John Hawkes.
Plot
Template:More plot Set in the South Florida cities of West Palm Beach and Miami, Rum Punch follows Jackie Burke, a 44-year-old flight attendant for a bottom-rung airline, who has been smuggling illegal cash into the U.S. from Jamaica for small-time gunrunner and aspiring crime boss Ordell Robbie. When U.S. agents arrest Jackie after catching her smuggling this "dirty money", they use the threat of prison and job loss to pressure her into acting as bait in their plan to catch Ordell. Upon learning of this, Ordell pressures Jackie into intentionally misleading and stalling the police long enough for her to smuggle the remainder of his "retirement score" money into the U.S.
Hopelessly caught between two no-win scenarios, both dooming her to lifelong poverty, since she's too old to start over again, a desperate Jackie devises a secret, risky plan of her own to double-cross Ordell and the police, save herself, and secure her future. To execute this plan, Jackie must enlist the help of Max Cherry—the same bail bondsman Ordell hired to get Jackie out of jail. Louis Gara, Ordell's longtime criminal associate, works for Cherry and becomes involved in the gun running.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maslin, Janet (December 24, 1997). "'Jackie Brown': Smarter Than She Is? Hah!". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard - The Quentin Tarantino Archives". Tarantino.info. December 22, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nelson Mandela biopic to have world premiere at Toronto". BBC News. July 23, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
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