Rum Punch

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crime novel feature film novel novelist

Rum Punch is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows a flight attendant entangled in a smuggling scheme, later adapted into Quentin Tarantino’s film "Jackie Brown."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime novel → feature film → novel → novelist →
adaptedInto	Jackie Brown →
author	Elmore Leonard →
authorNationality	American →
basedOn	Rum Punch →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Quentin Tarantino →
featuresCharacter	Louis Gara → Max Cherry → Ordell Robbie → Ray Nicolet →
genre	crime fiction → crime film → thriller →
hasCharacterRole	ATF agent Ray Nicolet → bail bondsman Max Cherry → gunrunner Ordell Robbie →
hasCoverArt	first-edition dust jacket →
hasSequelRelation	The Switch →
hasTheme	aging and second chances → betrayal → crime → loyalty → survival →
language	English →
literaryPeriod	late 20th-century American literature →
mainCharacter	Jackie Burke →
mediaType	print →
narrativeGenre	hardboiled crime fiction →
narrativePerspective	third-person narration →
notableAdaptation	Jackie Brown →
notableWork	Rum Punch →
partOf	Elmore Leonard bibliography →
plotElement	ATF investigation → gun smuggling → money laundering →
prequelOf	Rum Punch →
protagonistOccupation	flight attendant →
publicationYear	1992 →
publisher	Delacorte Press →
setting	Florida → South Florida →
timePeriodOfStory	late 20th century →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jackie Brown → Jackie Brown →	basedOn
Elmore Leonard → Elmore Leonard →	notableWork
Louis Gara →	basedOnWork
The Switch →	prequelOf