United States Authors Series: Elmore Leonard (Twayne's United States Authors Series) [Hardcover]

James E. Devlin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 164 pages
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers; 1 edition (November 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805716947
• ISBN-13: 978-0805716948
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,620,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Biography of Elmore Leonard, June 20, 2001

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This review is from: United States Authors Series: Elmore Leonard (Twayne's United States Authors Series) (Hardcover)

In this engaging, readable biogrpahy of the man Walker Percy called "the greatest crime writer of our time," biographer James E. Devlin follows sedulously the long career of Elmore Leonard. In stimulating fashion the author discusses Leonard's connection to pulp, the Western genre, crime literature, Hammett, Chandler, and George V. Higgins. This study is the definitive biography of Leonard a writer who deserves serious critical attention and gets it from Devlin--a professor of English Literature at State University, New York. --Andrew McAleer is the author of Appearance of Counsel and the assistant editor of the Rex Stout Journal.