LaBrava (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elmore Leonard
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: South Miami Beach, Florida
- Principal Characters: Joe LaBrava, Maurice Zola, Jean Shaw, Richard Nobles, Cundo Rey
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Acting or actors, Crime or criminals, 1980’s, Detectives, Mysteries, Florida, Photography or photographers
- Locales: Miami, FL
The Novel
LaBrava, Elmore Leonard’s tenth crime novel, takes place in the 1980’s in South Miami Beach, Florida, a resort that is a decadent remnant of its Art Deco heyday. Into this seedy milieu the author places a varied group of characters, including such grotesques as a hustler who preys upon women and a psychopathic Cuban refugee who is a go-go dancer and car thief. Joe LaBrava, the title character, an erstwhile Secret Service man who guarded former First Lady Bess Truman, is a freelance photographer in his late thirties who prowls the streets with camera in...
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