52 Pick-Up

The brutal dramas 52 Pick-Up (1986) and Dead Bang (1989) were also critical and commercial failures.

…films The Ambassador [1984] and 52 Pick-Up [1986]), Swag (1976; also published as Ryan’s Rules), Unknown Man No. 89 (1977), and The Switch (1978; adapted as the film Life of Crime [2013]). Leonard’s subsequent novels include the Edgar Award-winning LaBrava (1983), Stick (1983; film 1985), Glitz