![]() ![]() One of my picks for 2016, the wordy one will look at his 1974 novel (eye-rolls a plenty I’m sure from those again spotting a ’70s connection) 52 Pick-Up, which detailed a wayward husband coming to terms with the decade and the blackmailers who think they’ve found an easy mark. Less dust, but no less dusky with the subject matter, which had its own murky sense of justice…and the distinct humor of this writer. His svelte prose was certainly honed out on the prairie with the taciturn folk on any side of Manifest Destiny, but many fans thought his true calling was with the colorful personas inhabiting the more cynical thrillers of present day crookedness. Leonard certainly had a way with it, too. No wonder it’s one of the most enduring and popular of film genres. ![]() Though now in the other genre he was equally renown for - the crime tale. A topic that continues to fascinate because we’re never at a loss for wrongdoing. As we did two years ago this month when we dusted off a classic western tale, the great and late- Elmore Leonard marks a return. Maybe it’s telling that our next entry in this year’s Duo Post series places one of my favorite authors back under this old book-film microscope of ours. ![]() We’re not exactly in the dog days of summer as yet, but the heat is certainly building up already. ![]()
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