Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87
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DETROIT - He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime.
Every novel Elmore Leonard wrote from the mid-1980s on was a best-seller, and every fan of crime stories knew his name. George Clooney was an admirer. So were Quentin Tarantino, Aerosmith, Saul Bellow and Stephen King . . .
With that bunch, not as complimentary as it sounds. Tarantino likes making movies that celebrate killing white people. King's great opus, 'The Stand,' definitely grisly fun, but let's see: all the evil people gather around a blue-eyed blond satanic white man, while all the saintly people gather around a God-like old black woman. Gosh, how subtle--whatever could that mean? Could provide other King examples but won't bother. In any case, a lot of people loved Leonard. I found his humor, characters and many his novels' events as being way too broad and unlikely, so I had trouble suspending disbelief and gave up trying to read him. Still, no doubt a talented writer. May he rest in peace.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/20/best-selling-author-elmore-leonard-dies-87/#ixzz2ci5q7wBV
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