Gold Coast (novel)

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Gold Coast is a 1980 crime fiction novel by American author Elmore Leonard. [1] It was published as a mass-market paperback original. The book was adapted by Harley Peyton as a 1997 television film, Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast, directed by Peter Weller, and starring David Caruso and Marg Helgenberger. [2]

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References

  1. "Gold Coast / Elmore Leonard". Trove . National Library of Australia . Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. Ray Richmond (18 December 1996). "Caruso back on TV in Showtime 'Gold'". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2019.