I've never read any Elmore Leonard, but I'd like to give some a try. Any recommendations on where to start? He's prolific, to say the least.
Killshot & Out of Sight are the only ones I've read. They were both okay. I think Leonard learned a lot from George V. Higgins, especially when it comes to writing dialogue.
I've never read any Elmore Leonard, but I'd like to give some a try. Any recommendations on where to start? He's prolific, to say the least.
I believe Leonard's first novel with a contemporary setting was The Big Bounce (1969). At any rate, Leonard himself has gone out of his way on many occasions to acknowledge his debt to Higgins.That would be quite psychic of Elmore, since he was born almost 15 years before Higgins, and published his first novel 20 years before The Friends of Eddie Coyle. In fact, Leonard had published 9 novels before Coyle. If there's any influence, it would be from Leonard to Higgins.
ShapeSphere, L.A. Confidential & The Black Dahlia are by James Ellroy.
That would be quite psychic of Elmore, since he was born almost 15 years before Higgins, and published his first novel 20 years before The Friends of Eddie Coyle. In fact, Leonard had published 9 novels before Coyle. If there's any influence, it would be from Leonard to Higgins.