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* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: In ''Pronto'', mob hitman Tommy Bucks lampshades the fact that he can walk into a crowded restaurant, shoot his target in the head and then walk out without any witnesses being able to fully identify him. It is implied that he killed people like this in the past but the one time he tries to do so in the book he is instead met by US Marshal Raylan Givens. Raylan plays out his own version of this trope since he is perfectly willing to gun down Tommy in a public place even if Tommy does not draw his gun first. Tommy murdered a man right in front of Raylan and was not charged with the crime so Raylan is determined to prove to Tommy that ultimately one cannot get away with committing a murder in front of a US Marshal.
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* GentlemanThief: Jack Foley, from ''Out of Sight'' and ''Road Dogs''. While he worked as a bank robber, he made a point of never using a gun while robbing more banks than anyone else in the FBI databanks.
* GoodIsNotSoft: In ''Pronto'', Italian-born mafioso Tommy Bucks considers Americans to be soft and prides himself on being a hard man who can kill someone in cold blood without a second thought. US Marshal Raylan Givens is an honest American police officer and thus Tommy assumes that Raylan is ultimately soft. He holds unto this belief until the very end when he finally realizes that Raylan is quite willing and capable of just shooting Tommy dead in the middle of a crowded restaurant.
* GentlemanThief: Jack Foley, from ''Out of Sight'' and ''Road Dogs''. While he worked as a bank robber, he made a point of never using a gun while robbing more banks than anyone else in the FBI databanks.
* GoodIsNotSoft: In ''Pronto'', Italian-born mafioso Tommy Bucks considers Americans to be soft and prides himself on being a hard man who can kill someone in cold blood without a second thought. US Marshal Raylan Givens is an honest American police officer and thus Tommy assumes that Raylan is ultimately soft. He holds unto this belief until the very end when he finally realizes that Raylan is quite willing and capable of just shooting Tommy dead in the middle of a crowded restaurant.
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* PretenderDiss: In ''Pronto'', Nicky is a mobster wannabe who bluffed his way into a job with a small-time Miami mob boss. When he and ProfessionalKiller Tommy Bucks go to Italy, Tommy and the Italian mafiosi quickly realize how big a poser Nicky is and insult him to his face. Since Nicky does not know Italian, it takes him days to understand that he is being insulted.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In ''Split Images'', Detroit homicide detective Bryan Hurd is an obvious stand-in for Detroit homicide detective Raymond Cruz. Cruz appeared in some of Leonard's prior work, which was being optioned at the time.
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** Leonard's skill has been taking the ethos of the Wild West and transplanting it to modern day. Guys like Raylan Givens or Jack Foley wouldn't be out of place in 1880s Arizona. And Ben Wade would fit right in to modern-day Miami.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Reverend Dawn Navarro from ''Riding the Rap'' and ''Road Dogs''. A lot of her fortune telling is based on understandable deductive reasoning or just information she secretly already had, but she makes enough accurate statements without such methods to make you wonder.
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'''Elmore Leonard''' (b. 1925) (1925-2013) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He started as a writer of westerns, but switched to whodunits and modern pulp fiction, where he has gotten the most acclaim. Several of his novels have been adapted to screen, both big and small, and he has also written a few screenplays. His career has spanned six decades and is still going strong.
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->-- Elmore Leonard's Rule #10 of writing
'''Elmore Leonard''' (b. 1925) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He started as a writer of westerns, but switched to whodunits and modern pulp fiction, where he has gotten the most acclaim. Several of his novels have been adapted to screen, both big and small, and he has also written a few screenplays. His career has spanned six decades and is still going strong.
He's known as "The [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens]] of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}" for his catchy, intimate descriptions of the people of that city (he lives in the Detroit suburbs). Author wannabes should definitely read up on him. His prose style and ear for dialogue are worth checking out for inspiration. Kingsley Amis once told him, "Your prose makes Creator/RaymondChandler look clumsy."
Also worth checking out by author wannabes is his [[http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/arts/writers-writing-easy-adverbs-exclamation-points-especially-hooptedoodle.html Ten Rules of Writing]]. To sum up briefly: knock it off with the PurpleProse.
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!!Some of his better-known novels:
* ''Three-Ten to Yuma'' (short story, 1953): adapted for the big screen in 1957 [[ThreeTenToYuma and 2007]]
* ''Last Stand at Saber River'' (1959): on the small screen in 1997 starring Tom Selleck
* ''Hombre'' (1961): big screen in 1967, starring Paul Newman
* ''The Big Bounce'': written in 1969, adapted for the big screen that same year before the novel was released, then re-adapted for the big screen in 2004.
* ''The Moonshine War'' (1969): big screen in 1970
* ''Valdez is Coming'' (1970): big screen in 1971
* ''Mr. Majestyk'' (1974): big screen the same year, starring Charles Bronson
* ''52 Pick-Up'' (1974): big screen in 1986
* ''Unknown Man No. 89'' (1977)
* ''City Primeval'' (1980)
* ''La Brava'' (1983): won an Edgar Award
* ''Get Shorty'' (1990): [[GetShorty big screen in 1995]]
* ''Maximum Bob'' (1991): made into a short-lived 1998 TV series
* ''Rum Punch'' (1992): [[JackieBrown big screen in 1997]]
* ''Out of Sight'' (1996): [[OutOfSight big screen in 1998]]
* ''Be Cool'' (1999): big screen in 2005
* ''Fire in the Hole'' (2001): made into 2010 TV series ''{{Series/Justified}}''
* ''Tishomingo Blues'' (2002): Leonard's favorite of his own work
* ''The Hot Kid'' (2005)
* ''Road Dogs'' (2009)
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!!He also wrote some screenplays that were not based on one of his novels:
* ''Joe Kidd'' (1972), starring ClintEastwood
* ''Stick'' (1985), directed by and starring Burt Reynolds
* ''The Rosary Murders'' (1987), starring Donald Sutherland and an uncredited [[TheWhiteStripes Jack White]] (as an [[PlayingAgainstType altar boy]]!)
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!!Tropes featured in his work:
* ActionGirl: Elmore features strong, independent, and sometimes ''very violent'' leading ladies. Karen Sisco is perhaps his best-known heroine.
* AffablyEvil
* AntiHero
* AntiVillain
* BlackAndGreyMorality
* CasualDangerDialog: Good examples abound in his fiction.
* ChekhovsGun: Best example -- the ice-cream cone in ''The Hot Kid''.
* ContinuityNod: While not especially known for recurring "series characters," readers will often encounter recurring characters. Often a minor character from an earlier novel will be a main character in a later book, or vice versa. One can make a game out of tracking Elmore Leonard's minor characters from work to work:
** ''Road Dogs'' unites characters from ''Out of Sight'', ''La Brava'', and 1995's ''Riding the Rap''.
** Jack Foley in ''Out Of Sight'' and ''Road Dogs'' novels gets hit with hard time thanks to the judge from ''Maximum Bob''.
** Ray Nicolette pops up in both ''Rum Punch'' and ''Out of Sight''. When MichaelKeaton played Ray in JackieBrown (retitled from ''Rum Punch'') he also cameoed as the character later when ''Out of Sight'' got made into a film.
** U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, currently appearing on TV's ''Series/{{Justified}}'', was the lead character in ''Pronto'' and ''Riding the Rap'' before being reassigned to Kentucky in the short story "Fire in the Hole," on which the series is technically based.
* UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}: Elmore obviously loves his adopted hometown.
* HangingJudge: Maximum Bob
* HelloAttorney: Several examples, most notably Carolyn Wilder in ''City Primeval''.
* KudzuPlot: The beauty of Leonard's prose is that it tends to un-complicate complicated plots. (Check out ''La Brava''.)
* OnlyInFlorida: While UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} gets a lot of love, Elmore also sets a lot of action in Florida.
* ThePlan: He's got a funny way of making them ''seem'' pretty simple.
* PurpleProse: Averted. Definitely not BeigeProse, though.
* SaidBookism: Averted. One of Leonard's "Ten Rules" advises against this.
* ''{{Sequel}}'': ''GetShorty'' is one of the few of his novels to receive the full sequel treatment, with ''BeCool''.
* ShowWithinAShow: "Mr. Lovejoy" from ''Get Shorty''. "It will be my ''Driving Miss Daisy''".
* ASimplePlan: In ''Swag'' and ''Rum Punch'', it goes predictably awry.
* USMarshal: Several recurring characters, including Raylan Givens, Karen Sisco, and her father, Marshall Sisco (retired, and yes, he was "Marshal Marshall Sisco.")
* WildWest
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->-- Elmore Leonard's Rule #10 of writing
'''Elmore Leonard''' (b. 1925) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He started as a writer of westerns, but switched to whodunits and modern pulp fiction, where he has gotten the most acclaim. Several of his novels have been adapted to screen, both big and small, and he has also written a few screenplays. His career has spanned six decades and is still going strong.
He's known as "The [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens]] of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}" for his catchy, intimate descriptions of the people of that city (he lives in the Detroit suburbs). Author wannabes should definitely read up on him. His prose style and ear for dialogue are worth checking out for inspiration. Kingsley Amis once told him, "Your prose makes Creator/RaymondChandler look clumsy."
Also worth checking out by author wannabes is his [[http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/arts/writers-writing-easy-adverbs-exclamation-points-especially-hooptedoodle.html Ten Rules of Writing]]. To sum up briefly: knock it off with the PurpleProse.
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!!Some of his better-known novels:
* ''Three-Ten to Yuma'' (short story, 1953): adapted for the big screen in 1957 [[ThreeTenToYuma and 2007]]
* ''Last Stand at Saber River'' (1959): on the small screen in 1997 starring Tom Selleck
* ''Hombre'' (1961): big screen in 1967, starring Paul Newman
* ''The Big Bounce'': written in 1969, adapted for the big screen that same year before the novel was released, then re-adapted for the big screen in 2004.
* ''The Moonshine War'' (1969): big screen in 1970
* ''Valdez is Coming'' (1970): big screen in 1971
* ''Mr. Majestyk'' (1974): big screen the same year, starring Charles Bronson
* ''52 Pick-Up'' (1974): big screen in 1986
* ''Unknown Man No. 89'' (1977)
* ''City Primeval'' (1980)
* ''La Brava'' (1983): won an Edgar Award
* ''Get Shorty'' (1990): [[GetShorty big screen in 1995]]
* ''Maximum Bob'' (1991): made into a short-lived 1998 TV series
* ''Rum Punch'' (1992): [[JackieBrown big screen in 1997]]
* ''Out of Sight'' (1996): [[OutOfSight big screen in 1998]]
* ''Be Cool'' (1999): big screen in 2005
* ''Fire in the Hole'' (2001): made into 2010 TV series ''{{Series/Justified}}''
* ''Tishomingo Blues'' (2002): Leonard's favorite of his own work
* ''The Hot Kid'' (2005)
* ''Road Dogs'' (2009)
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!!He also wrote some screenplays that were not based on one of his novels:
* ''Joe Kidd'' (1972), starring ClintEastwood
* ''Stick'' (1985), directed by and starring Burt Reynolds
* ''The Rosary Murders'' (1987), starring Donald Sutherland and an uncredited [[TheWhiteStripes Jack White]] (as an [[PlayingAgainstType altar boy]]!)
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!!Tropes featured in his work:
* ActionGirl: Elmore features strong, independent, and sometimes ''very violent'' leading ladies. Karen Sisco is perhaps his best-known heroine.
* AffablyEvil
* AntiHero
* AntiVillain
* BlackAndGreyMorality
* CasualDangerDialog: Good examples abound in his fiction.
* ChekhovsGun: Best example -- the ice-cream cone in ''The Hot Kid''.
* ContinuityNod: While not especially known for recurring "series characters," readers will often encounter recurring characters. Often a minor character from an earlier novel will be a main character in a later book, or vice versa. One can make a game out of tracking Elmore Leonard's minor characters from work to work:
** ''Road Dogs'' unites characters from ''Out of Sight'', ''La Brava'', and 1995's ''Riding the Rap''.
** Jack Foley in ''Out Of Sight'' and ''Road Dogs'' novels gets hit with hard time thanks to the judge from ''Maximum Bob''.
** Ray Nicolette pops up in both ''Rum Punch'' and ''Out of Sight''. When MichaelKeaton played Ray in JackieBrown (retitled from ''Rum Punch'') he also cameoed as the character later when ''Out of Sight'' got made into a film.
** U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, currently appearing on TV's ''Series/{{Justified}}'', was the lead character in ''Pronto'' and ''Riding the Rap'' before being reassigned to Kentucky in the short story "Fire in the Hole," on which the series is technically based.
* UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}: Elmore obviously loves his adopted hometown.
* HangingJudge: Maximum Bob
* HelloAttorney: Several examples, most notably Carolyn Wilder in ''City Primeval''.
* KudzuPlot: The beauty of Leonard's prose is that it tends to un-complicate complicated plots. (Check out ''La Brava''.)
* OnlyInFlorida: While UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} gets a lot of love, Elmore also sets a lot of action in Florida.
* ThePlan: He's got a funny way of making them ''seem'' pretty simple.
* PurpleProse: Averted. Definitely not BeigeProse, though.
* SaidBookism: Averted. One of Leonard's "Ten Rules" advises against this.
* ''{{Sequel}}'': ''GetShorty'' is one of the few of his novels to receive the full sequel treatment, with ''BeCool''.
* ShowWithinAShow: "Mr. Lovejoy" from ''Get Shorty''. "It will be my ''Driving Miss Daisy''".
* ASimplePlan: In ''Swag'' and ''Rum Punch'', it goes predictably awry.
* USMarshal: Several recurring characters, including Raylan Givens, Karen Sisco, and her father, Marshall Sisco (retired, and yes, he was "Marshal Marshall Sisco.")
* WildWest
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