The Big Bounce

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The Big Bounce is a 1969 crime novel by Elmore Leonard, later adapted into feature films, that follows a small-time crook drawn into a dangerous scheme in a beach-town setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel
novel
adaptationReleaseYear 1969
2004
adaptedInto The Big Bounce (1969 film) NERFINISHED
The Big Bounce (2004 film) NERFINISHED
author Elmore Leonard NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector Alex March NERFINISHED
George Armitage NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
noir fiction
hasAdaptationCountryOfOrigin United States NERFINISHED
hasAdaptationGenre comedy crime film
crime film
hasAdaptationLanguage English
hasCharacter Doc NERFINISHED
Mr. Majestyk (early version of character type) NERFINISHED
Nancy Hayes NERFINISHED
hasCoverArtForm illustrated cover
hasCriticalReception mixed to positive for novel
hasFilmReception generally negative for adaptations
hasMediaType paperback
print
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration
hasPageCountApproximate 200–250 pages
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTheme crime
deception
greed
moral ambiguity
violence
hasTimeOfAction contemporary to time of writing
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement American crime fiction
mainCharacter Jack Ryan NERFINISHED
notableFor first crime novel by Elmore Leonard
originalLanguage English
partOfAuthorCareerPhase early crime novels of Elmore Leonard
placeOfPublication United States NERFINISHED
plotFocus dangerous scheme
protagonistOccupation small-time crook
publicationYear 1969
publisher Fawcett Publications NERFINISHED
setting Michigan NERFINISHED
beach town
timePeriodOfSetting 1960s

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The Big Bounce adaptationOf The Big Bounce
this entity surface form: The Big Bounce (novel)
The Big Bounce basedOn The Big Bounce
this entity surface form: The Big Bounce (novel)
Hombre followedBy The Big Bounce
Edward Lewis notableWork The Big Bounce
Lee Grant notableWork The Big Bounce