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Elmore Leonard #185237
09/15/03 08:44 PM 09/15/03 08:44 PM
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Anybody else love this guy? He weaves a story so brilliantly, i can picture it perfectly. The man has a knack for writing cinematic books, i tell ya. Check him out, expecially Tishomongo Blues

"We've all heard the story of the canary who could sing, but couldn't fly"
Re: Elmore Leonard #185238
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I've never read any books of his, but Tarantino's Jackie Brown, based upon Rum Punch is an amazing movie, almost better than Pulp Fiction.

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Re: Elmore Leonard #185239
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Yeah - I almost chose Chili Palmer as my Displayed Name, but there were no pictures of Travolta for an avatar. Chili is the man!

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Re: Elmore Leonard #185240
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I agree, Elmore Leonard is incredible. The first time I'd heard of him, someone gave me the book 'Out of Sight' which I really enjoyed. I did a little research and found out he wrote Get Shorty! Even better! I later realized Out of Sight was turned into a movie, but I didn't care for it. I also read The Switch, about the same two characters as from Jackie Brown-- Louis Gara and Ordell Robbie, aka DeNiro and Samuel L. Jackson. The book takes place long before Jackie Brown. ANYWAY, There are so many, I want to read more. Which ones do you recommend?

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I recomend Tishomingo Blues for sure, great read, great characters, great convo, great everything! Also Killshot is my absolutle favorite of his. Man, what a great author.

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Elmore Leonard's novels are always worth reading. He's one of the best.
I also recommend two novels of the eminent crime writer George V. Higgins: "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" and "The Digger's Game."

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E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
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Elmore Leonard's novels are always worth reading. He's one of the best.
I also recommend two novels of the eminent crime writer George V. Higgins: "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" and "The Digger's Game."
Is his style of writing anything like Elmore Leonard?

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[quote]Originally posted by Turnbull:
[b] Elmore Leonard's novels are always worth reading. He's one of the best.
I also recommend two novels of the eminent crime writer George V. Higgins: "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" and "The Digger's Game."
Is his style of writing anything like Elmore Leonard? [/b][/quote]No. Higgins was a master of dialog, and he used more dialog than nearly all other writers. His work was once described as "spitting bullets."

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