Elmore Leonard: Djibouti (USA 2011) From the Publisher: Elmore Leonard: Djibouti. A Novel. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780061735219 (October, 2011), 288 p., $14.99.
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Elmore Leonard: Djibouti (UK 2011) From the Publisher: A mob of colourful characters patrols the seas, including a pirate chief with a taste in fine cars, and an Oxford-educated sheikh with scams of his own. And then there's the gun-toting playboy Billy Wynn: Texan billionaire, collector of supermodels, and law unto himself. But even he hasn't reckoned on an appearance from James Russell, an American al Qaeda convert who wants to blow up something big. As hijacked tankers line up like floating bombs, Dara and Xavier know it's time for a showdown... Elmore Leonard: Djibouti. A Middle East Western on Water. Orion Books, ISBN: 9780753829059 (October, 2011), 256 p., £7.99.
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Elmore Leonard: Djibouti (UK 2011) From the Publisher: Elmore Leonard: Djibouti. A Middle East Western on Water. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN: 9780297856726 (February, 2011), 279 p., £18.99.
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Elmore Leonard: Djibouti (USA 2010) From the Publisher: Dara Barr, documentary filmmaker, is at the top of her game. She's covered the rape of Bosnian women, neo-Nazi white supremacists, and post-Katrina New Orleans, and has won awards for all three. Now, looking for a bigger challenge, Dara and her right-hand-man, Xavier LeBo, a six-foot-six, seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, head to Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, to film modern-day pirates hijacking merchant ships. They learn soon enough that almost no one in the Middle East is who he seems to be. The most successful pirate, driving his Mercedes around Djibouti, appears to be a good guy, but his pal, a cultured Saudi diplomat, has dubious connections. Billy Wynn, a Texas billionaire, plays mysterious roles as the mood strikes him. He's promised his girlfriend, Helene, a nifty fashion model, that he'll marry her if she doesn't become seasick or bored while circling the world on his yacht. And there's Jama Raisuli, a black al Qaeda terrorist from Miami, who's vowed to blow up something big. What Dara and Xavier have to decide, besides the best way to stay alive: Should they shoot the action as a documentary or turn it into a Hollywood feature film? Elmore Leonard: Djibouti. A Novel. William Morrow, ISBN: 9780061735172 (October, 2010), 279 p., $26.99.
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