Elmore Leonard's Bandits

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1987. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0877958416. 1st printing. This is his most daring and accomplished novel to date. His characters have never been more vivid , his dialogue sharper, his humor subtler, his plotting as strong and seductive. Come down to New Orleans and meet the bandits : Lucy Nichols, ex-nun; Jack Delaney, an ex-con who thinks he's gone str a ight: and Roy Hicks, an ex-cop whose career was cut short when he got sent to prison. They've stumbled onto a private fund-raising scheme to aid the Contras in Nicaragua. And they decided that the s ev eral million dollars raised should not leave New Orleans. Lucy's willing to become a bandit because, while working with Nicaraguan lepers she saw the horrors the Contras inflicted on innocent peo pl e. Jack is attracted to Lucy and there's not much Roy won't do for a 3rd of a million dollars! Of course a lot of other people have their eyes on that money too.Jacket back top outside corner crea s ed & rubbed (small 1/16" piece missing) & 1" crease on back..