Elmore Leonard, dead at 87

[BDBoop]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/b...-crime-fiction-dies-at-87.html?pagewanted=all

To his admiring peers, Mr. Leonard did more than merely validate the popular crime thriller; he stripped the form of its worn-out affectations, reinventing it for a new generation and elevating it to a higher literary shelf.

Reviewing “Riding the Rap” for The New York Times Book Review in 1995, Martin Amis cited Mr. Leonard’s “gifts — of ear and eye, of timing and phrasing — that even the most indolent and snobbish masters of the mainstream must vigorously covet.” As the American chapter of PEN noted, when honoring Mr. Leonard with a lifetime achievement award in 2009, his books “are not only classics of the crime genre, but some of the best writing of the last half-century.”

Last year the National Book Foundation presented him its award for distinguished contribution to American letters.

RIP, Mr. Leonard.

 

[Warrior102]

Who gives a flying fuck

 

[Trajan]

I read a lot of his books, and Justified is a spin off from a work of his too, and then there was Get Shorty, 52 Pick-Up etc.........RIP.

 

[hjmick]

Very good author, I will miss his work.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

One of the better mystery/thriller authors.

He'll be missed.

 

[westwall]

He wrote some great westerns too. RIP Mr. Leonard, you gave us many hours of great reading!

 

[westwall]

Who gives a flying fuck

Readers do....

 

[Harry Dresden]

Justified.....one of the better Cop shows out there.....