Rum Punch

Rum Punch
First edition
AuthorElmore Leonard
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
1992
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages344
ISBN0-385-30143-X
OCLC24671033
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3562.E55 R8 1992

Rum Punch is a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard. The novel was adapted into the film Jackie Brown (1997) by director Quentin Tarantino.[1]

The characters Ordell Robbie, Louis Gara, and Melanie Ralston first appeared in Leonard's novel The Switch, which itself has also been adapted as a film, Life of Crime, first shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, with Robbie played by Mos Def and Gara portrayed by John Hawkes.

  1. ^ "Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard - The Quentin Tarantino Archives". Tarantino.info. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2011-03-09.