When
· Teens
· · 2013
· · · August
· · · · 21 (1 entry)
Other Elmores ·
Elmore Leonard died. He was an awfully good writer; I’ve read loads of his books, some more than once or even twice, and regret it not a bit. There have been lots of grateful obits<span class="dashes"> —</span> my favorite is <a href='http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/08/postscript-elmore-leonard-1925-2012.html'>by Joan Acocella in the New Yorker</a><span class="dashes"> —</span> and they all say you should go read <a href='http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062120255/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0062120255&linkCode=as2&tag=ongoing-20'>Get Shorty</a> and yeah, it’s good, you should. So here are some more that aren’t usually in lists of his big hits but are really good too ... [2 comments]
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