Excerpt from The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard

The Hot Kid

by Elmore Leonard
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  • First Published:
  • May 1, 2005, 312 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Sep 2006, 416 pages
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Virgil said, "Go out to a rig and come back covered in that black muck? That sound good to you? Son, we can't spend the money we have."

The foregoing is excerpted from The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced without written permission from HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022

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