The Switch by Elmore Leonard [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1978 • Bantam *condition

The Switch by Elmore Leonard 

FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1978] BANTAM BOOKS 

*Rare true first edition!  First published in 1978 by Bantam Books as a mass market paperback original. 

Marks the first literary appearance of Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara, iconically portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson and Robert De Niro in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown.

Solid reading copy with staining and heavy wear to cover / crease down along spine. 

Inside, pages are clean, bright and read good as new. 

Black Ordell Robbie and White Louis Gara have lots in common - time in the same gaol, convictions for auto theft, and a grand plan. They're going to snatch the wife of a Detroit developer and collect some easy ransom money. At least that's what they think ... What they haven't figured on is the fact that the husband has a secret mistress and has absolutely no desire to get his wife back. So now it's time for Plan B. With the help of one seriously ticked-off housewife they are going to take the scumbag for everything he's got...