Monthly Archives: May 2018
Sex in Elmore Leonard, from soft focus to freaky deaky …
The sex and romance in Elmore Leonard books is usually pretty boring to be honest. It is there because there has to be a romance, like there has to be a fight. He is not the king of crime writing … Continue reading
On Elmore Leonard misfires and Hollywood before Weinstein fell …
Elmore Leonard was famously often exasperated with Hollywood, both in real life and in the commentary he gives to his characters. He got some of it off his chest in Get Shorty, of course, and that led to the film … Continue reading
On Silicon Valley, the Communist Manifesto and the Old Crows
The Shed’s job description is to talk about Elmore Leonard, fishing, and music the Shed likes. But sometimes also the view of the world seen by old men in sheds. Watching politicians try to get a grip on what the … Continue reading
On Elmore characters, Giles from Gogglebox and redneck rap …
Catchaser is an Elmore story, published 1982 – one of his potboilers on the whole but it has its moments. The first chapter has a great line thought by the hero, an ex-Marine, busted by divorce and running a motel, … Continue reading
On comedy and musical mysteries in Killshot
NOTES FROM THE SHED On comedy and musical mysteries in Killshot On the subject of musical references in Elmore Leonard, which is where The Shed last was, there is an intriguing one in Killshot, which was published in 1989, Elmore … Continue reading
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