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I don't know how you have single-handedly increased my reading enjoyment and effort tenfold. I'm so glad I found you. I absolutely love your channel and it's been the door to a new era of my love for reading. Keep up the brilliant work!
Appreciate how your channel highlights older/classic books, especially since so much of book youtube/"booktok" seems to forget anything over five years old.
I have gotten into Cormac McCarthy because of this channel and now I’m reading Faulkner for the first time because of this channel and now you’re telling me I need to read this guy!? Fine I’ll do it
Man Elmore couldn’t be more different stylistically than Faulkner and McCarthy lmao. Still brilliant, but he’s more Hemingway with a wise ass attitude and more violence.
I found you while I was wanting to get back into reading but everyone was saying I should read non-fiction because otherwise "there's no point". Thanks for showing me how amazing fiction is and inspiring me to read what I enjoy rather than what I feel is "productive"
I don't know who told you that, the scientific benefits of reading are all but exclusive to narrative fiction. I'm sure something to do with following narrative structure, exercising your critical thinking skills, imagination etc. I'm sure there are plenty of benefits to just reading, but daydreaming your stories adds an extra indispensible layer. That's why I've been disappointed I at my own attempts to get back into reading.
Weird, ppl around me usually say the opposite. I tend to read a lot of history and geopolitics in my free time and ppl around me kind of dismiss it, i mean both are valid but i find it weird that in uni ppl still don’t like to talk about academic subjects outside of class. Like i find history so exciting but ppl just get bored by it, idk i guess i havent talked to similar-minded ppl perhaps, and honestly ppl talk about history as if ‘there’s no point’ so often.
Once I was at this small museum in Dallas right after moving here. In there gift shop they had a section at the back of (random) signed books that had been donated for the museum to sell to make money. Most were cook books and memoirs, but there were a few novels. On the bottom shelf I found a signed copy Rum Punch, and it was to someone with my same first name. It was $5.
Also helps that as a rule he doesn’t write long books. Though part of that is just the nature of what he wrote. He didn’t write epics. He wrote small crime stories about idiot criminals and wannabe masterminds with egotistical and tyrannical law enforcement and watch the fireworks go off. They’re short, fast, funny, and sometimes brutal and often violent. But not drawn up. It’s more in the realistic sense like how most shootouts don’t last more than a minute.
I loved what you were saying about the point of view of his novels! I think what you're describing, when the personality of the character influences the narrator, is called "Free Indirect Discourse", a really cool effect when pulled off well. It really gets you into the head of the characters in a way that feels even more intimate than first-person narration, it makes take a walk in someone else's shoes. Really cool! I'm definitely going to check him out! Thanks for bringing such interesting and accessible conversations about books to youtube!
By the way, the innovator of that Free Indirect Discourse style we have to thank is Jane Austen! She was a brilliant user of it and as far as we can tell, the first to really use it continuously.
@@TheGeorgeD13 Ya! I remember my professor in college saying “If anyone ever says at a dinner party ‘Jane Austin isn’t that great, what did she ever contribute to literature besides some pretty stories?’ you say ‘Free Indirect Discourse!” Hasn’t come up in any dinner parties yet, but the TH-cam comment section is the next best thing!
Idk if you've addressed it before but the rapid cuts every second or so have really become recognizable. Like just hearing the voice with the cuts I can picture you.
I just read 5 Decembers because of your recommendation and it was fantastic! I bought a lot of other books from that same video and I'm so excited to read them. I haven't read in years and I'm so grateful for your channel. Before I felt stuck and I had no idea what I wanted to read, I just knew I wanted to read a variety of books from different genres to get a feel for what I truly like. You absolutely never disappoint, thank you!
Leonard is one of my favorites! I'm thrilled that you did a video on him. I love crime fiction, and you've given me a lot of books and writers to explore. I recently checked out Black Wings Has My Angel and Five Decembers from the library on your recommendation.
My da made me read Pronto a few months ago and I loved it, you can visualise everything it so great, really excited to read more of his books in the future.
Thanks for the recommendation. I picked up a couple of the omnibus collections of his ("Westerns" and "Four Novels of the 1970s") from the library. Really looking forward to diving in.
I haven’t read any of the crime stuff, but I’ve read a bunch of Leonard’s westerns. I think I saw a video where you recommended Valdez is Coming, and every time I went into a bookstore I would look for it. I often ended up taking home a different Elmore Leonard western, but could never find Valdez. Finally, over a year later. I bought Valdez online!
Came across your channel because of Daniel Greene, but funny enough I'm not a big fantasy guy. I love crime fiction though and couldn't be happier to see someone cover Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake.
My favorite Leonard is still Get Shorty, but I tried reading him in high school. Maybe now I'll get it, but for those kinds of writers, gotta say, vastly preferred Lansdale and Schow. Just vibed with them better, I guess.
I’ve read three Elmore Leonard books: Rum Punch, Get Shorty, and Cuba Libre. The first two were great but Cuba Libre was a little dull, I think I saw the tropes leaking through a little too much. Interesting setting though. I like how readable he is. His characters are interesting and the writing is clever without trying to be in your face about it. Just quick, enjoyable stories that feel like a Tarantino movie or GTA game with their eccentric criminals and stoic heroes.
One of my favorite authors. I read Tishomingo Blues and loved it. A couple weeks later by sheer luck I scored his omnibus Dutch Treat from a thrift store for a buck. I ate it up in a week. I've read everything he's written now. Djibouti is probably the only one that didn't really do it for me. Great writer.
Long time subscriber but first time commenter here. Great video and love that you love Elmore Leonard! I got into his work after watching Justified and became obsessed. Just finished Pronto and Rum Punch, but never read any of his Westerns. Might have to do that now!
Two of my favorite Elmore Leonard books are Out of Sight and Stick. I met Elmore once when he was giving an "In Conversation With . . . " talk. It does sadden me that there are so many book tubers and so few who discuss Leonard. He was absolutely a master. Thanks for the video!
I just put up a video on my channel about Elmore Leonard he's one of my favorites as well... one of the main reasons I finished my novel was because of the lessons I learned from Elmore Leonard
I've read two or three of his novels after loving the show Justified. My interest fizzled out after that but "Forty Lashes Less One" Seams right up my alley. Thanks Man Thing!
Past Me: Clicking the video expecting that MCT brand of hokey jokey Present Me: Educated about an author I previously wasn't aware of and now I want to pick up a book.
Your channel has quickly become one of my favorite, and has really sparked a reading renaissance for me. Most of the book youtubers I've seen tend to drivel and on with their reviews, but your videos are on point.
I found your channel through your skits, but I really love your videos about books. I’m still in high school, so I appreciate how you bring slightly older books to my attention. You convinced me to finally read the copy of The Road my dad had lying around, and I am incredibly grateful for that! As a fan of Quentin Tarantino’s movies, I’m definitely going to have to read some Elmore Leonard stuff. Keep up the great work and have an awesome day!
As a stubborn idiot who's full of himself, I don't tend to take writing advice seriously too often. I've been reading tips since I could use a computer, so my default mode is "let's see if I agree with this". Having said that: I'm curious what the other two piece of advice are.
I finished Blood Meridian a couple weeks ago, and today I’m about to start Rum Punch. I can’t wait to get into Leonard, he’s an author I’ve been looking to read for a while now
Elmore Leonard has some of the snappiest dialogue I've ever seen. Its no wonder the show Justified was so good when it came to dialogue. Everyone should read his work, from Pronto to Get Shorty to Fire in the Hole! I love the man.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the best lines came from Leonard's novels, it's worth mentioning that - as far as I could tell - Leonard stopped just short of confessing the opinion that the show was better than his books. In any case a lot of that dialogue had to come from the writer's room
My introduction to Leonard was through Tarantino. Great writer. Fun Fact: Get Shorty, LaBrava, and City Primeval are included among the 1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
Thank you for this great video! I picked up a Leonard novel at random once and was immediately struck by how unmannered and sparkling his style was. I was reading a lot of really dense weird fiction at the time and so it was a MAJOR change of pace. His writing feels incredibly characterful, like the third-person narrator is themself a character, if that makes sense.
I've always felt Carl Hiassen was the same type of third person narrator. It felt like he was somehow involved without being a character. I'm looking forward to continue reading SPLIT IMAGES.
Started La Brava, am at the chapter 3 and already loving. I kept reading Maurice's line with Danny DeVito's voice so it improved the whole thing by ten fold
I had an affinity for crime but always found the modern ones that get popular enough to find at the store and/or by searching are same-y. Very focused on masculinity, very braggy in how they bring up the author's approach to sex and the awful curse of literal men describing big booba. Happy to have a recommendation outside the sphere.
Ah you’ll like Leonard then. He’s often laughing at his idiot macho characters. He very much saw those kinds of men as losers more often than not. Even his true blue good guys are often grappling with the toxic masculinity culture they’ve been raised with and struggle to get out of it. The tv show Justified is a good example of both the idiot macho guys and the hero that struggles with his own humanity and masculinity and anger while trying to do the right thing.
I mean... I find it hard to believe crime fiction sans self-awareness can thrive, considering every notoble piece of crime _cinema_ is a massive takedown of toxic masculinity, so the idea that _literature_ could be even more fraught in such a critical age is questionable to me, but maybe I'm naive.
I've already read several Leonard books, partly because of Justified - his Raylan's a little different from the show's, but that's what you get with adaptation (the cast, particularly Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins, really make the characters their own). Road Dogs was kinda fun, as I liked Jack Foley and it was neat to bring in characters from other Leonard books. Never did read any of his westerns, maybe I will check 'em out some day.
I'm trying to get better at writing third person limited so he definitely sounds like someone I could learn from, thanks for the recommendation! love your book videos.
I read the book 'Bandits' by him like 15 years ago when I was still a teenager. That's the only one I read, can't really remember an awful lot about it, think the backdrop etc. went over my head. Had a lot of references to Nicaragua and the Contras in it as far as I can remember (?). Not sure I got a good start with him but your video has sparked a renewed interest. You recommended Five Decembers to me, so I value your opinion highly!
Dude, you have new glasses?! Me, too! I went with rimless because I see them as the bare minimum in style. Rimless is as close as a person can get to no style. Of course, when trying on new designs I can't see my face because I have bad eyesight. It doesn't help that a person is sitting right in front of me as I look in the mirror like a vain superficial shallow person who loves himself way too much. Alone is fine of course. Anyways, I hate picking out glasses and I'm not happy with what I selected. 😞
I have recently found that while I typically don’t enjoy genre fiction old noir novels might be my guilty pleasure. Will definitely check out Leonard, and would recommend Jim Thompson and Raymond Chandler if you haven’t read them already.
"You can get feelin' better when you feel no pain..." G. Lightfoot The ad read had me.... well, kinda throwin' up in my mouth... You understand this right?
Not really experienced in crime fiction but ive read The Law at Randado and just finished up Glitz but so far i love his work. Have a few more of his books that i plan on tackling soon. Ive also been told to check out Cormac McCarthy's work but i keep hearing that his books are kind of harder to read.
When I was around 15 I read literally every Elmore Leonard book I could find. Read Forty Lashes Less One and Valdez is Coming last year. They definitely still hold up!
Good work on Mr Leonard's singular ways. My father said to me, he was then 90: ride with a loose rein and a wide horizon. I hope you do the same. I hope you are a writer.
Hardboiled crime fiction and noir fiction are the real deal man, Authors like Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James M Cain, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosley, Donald Westlake, James Ellroy. Discovered this literary genre back in 2020 through cinema, the 'film noir' genre of 40s and 50s and the neo-noir stuff of post 70s. Noir bought realism into crime!!
Hey man, just wanted to say that i really love this new direction towards crime fiction, it is one of the other passions of mine (besides fantasy), i really love leonard. Have you read george pelecanos? (he is my favourite) would love to see a series of videos like this from other crime authors like leonard!
Sorry if I’m late, but I just discovered this channel. Question: have you ever explored some classics in the Brit thriller tradition? Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, Len Deighton? If you like Leonard, you might dig Deighton. He’s been described as the English Raymond Chandler. In an interview he claims he was fond of American police procedurals of the Ed McBain variety, but since nobody had ever tried a British spy procedural he’d give it a shot - and “The Ipcress File” was the result.
I hope you do more videos like this I just have one suggestion: Fewer J-cuts. I think that style of editing works wonders for comedy content, but I think it’a a little too fast here. I loved the words - they just came at me too quickly to comfortably process them. Apologies if the suggestion offends or makes you feel negative in any way. I just felt a lot of passion coming through this video and the thumbnail and wanted to share in case you were discouraged by the lower than average views for your channel (even though it’s still got a ton of views lol) All best, ~hpr
Can Elmore Leonard say the same things about himself? Can he tell people everything you stated in all seriousness? Is he capable of being aware of how you and others see his writings? Does he know without being told? I think of myself and my works, often, in terms of other people.
You know, Elmore Leonard always said Don't write in the first person. Well, he was wrong. So many of my favorite books were written in the first person. Heads-up to young writers just starting out: Don't pay attention to what anyone says, no matter how famous. Figure it out, not by reading how-to-books, but by actually sitting down and doing it. Live life. Read a lot, write a lot. Know lots of different types of peeps. Stay away from stuffed shirts. And, most of all, do your best to keep politics out of it. Writers who fill their books with their politics--very often--are jerks. Even Bukowski knew enough to keep politics out of his poetry & prose.
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I don't know how you have single-handedly increased my reading enjoyment and effort tenfold. I'm so glad I found you. I absolutely love your channel and it's been the door to a new era of my love for reading. Keep up the brilliant work!
He's in love 😍
Appreciate how your channel highlights older/classic books, especially since so much of book youtube/"booktok" seems to forget anything over five years old.
I have gotten into Cormac McCarthy because of this channel and now I’m reading Faulkner for the first time because of this channel and now you’re telling me I need to read this guy!?
Fine I’ll do it
Same 😭
Man Elmore couldn’t be more different stylistically than Faulkner and McCarthy lmao. Still brilliant, but he’s more Hemingway with a wise ass attitude and more violence.
Elmore is WAY easier to read than both those guys lol.
Update. In love with Cormac. Don’t think you could pay me to read another Faulkner book. And Elmore is just plain fun
@@TheRyanryan24 same... what Cormac have you read?
Man Carrying my encouragement to read more
I’m really tired so I tapped the read more and felt very stupid
I found you while I was wanting to get back into reading but everyone was saying I should read non-fiction because otherwise "there's no point". Thanks for showing me how amazing fiction is and inspiring me to read what I enjoy rather than what I feel is "productive"
that's so awesome to hear!
Screw those people. Few things have impacted me as positively as the right story at the right time.
I don't know who told you that, the scientific benefits of reading are all but exclusive to narrative fiction. I'm sure something to do with following narrative structure, exercising your critical thinking skills, imagination etc. I'm sure there are plenty of benefits to just reading, but daydreaming your stories adds an extra indispensible layer. That's why I've been disappointed I at my own attempts to get back into reading.
Weird, ppl around me usually say the opposite. I tend to read a lot of history and geopolitics in my free time and ppl around me kind of dismiss it, i mean both are valid but i find it weird that in uni ppl still don’t like to talk about academic subjects outside of class. Like i find history so exciting but ppl just get bored by it, idk i guess i havent talked to similar-minded ppl perhaps, and honestly ppl talk about history as if ‘there’s no point’ so often.
Once I was at this small museum in Dallas right after moving here. In there gift shop they had a section at the back of (random) signed books that had been donated for the museum to sell to make money. Most were cook books and memoirs, but there were a few novels. On the bottom shelf I found a signed copy Rum Punch, and it was to someone with my same first name. It was $5.
dang! thats cool
What museum?
His books are so well written and paced that I can't recall reading one in less than 3 sittings.
Shouldn't it be more than 3 sittings?
Also helps that as a rule he doesn’t write long books.
Though part of that is just the nature of what he wrote. He didn’t write epics. He wrote small crime stories about idiot criminals and wannabe masterminds with egotistical and tyrannical law enforcement and watch the fireworks go off.
They’re short, fast, funny, and sometimes brutal and often violent. But not drawn up. It’s more in the realistic sense like how most shootouts don’t last more than a minute.
You've actually convinced me to get into hardboiled crime fiction. I've been keeping an eye out at the book and thrift stores!
I loved what you were saying about the point of view of his novels! I think what you're describing, when the personality of the character influences the narrator, is called "Free Indirect Discourse", a really cool effect when pulled off well. It really gets you into the head of the characters in a way that feels even more intimate than first-person narration, it makes take a walk in someone else's shoes. Really cool! I'm definitely going to check him out! Thanks for bringing such interesting and accessible conversations about books to youtube!
By the way, the innovator of that Free Indirect Discourse style we have to thank is Jane Austen! She was a brilliant user of it and as far as we can tell, the first to really use it continuously.
@@TheGeorgeD13 Ya! I remember my professor in college saying “If anyone ever says at a dinner party ‘Jane Austin isn’t that great, what did she ever contribute to literature besides some pretty stories?’ you say ‘Free Indirect Discourse!” Hasn’t come up in any dinner parties yet, but the TH-cam comment section is the next best thing!
Idk if you've addressed it before but the rapid cuts every second or so have really become recognizable. Like just hearing the voice with the cuts I can picture you.
I read maximum bob recently and have been getting more into crime novels and reading overall because of your videos. Thank you!
I just read 5 Decembers because of your recommendation and it was fantastic! I bought a lot of other books from that same video and I'm so excited to read them. I haven't read in years and I'm so grateful for your channel. Before I felt stuck and I had no idea what I wanted to read, I just knew I wanted to read a variety of books from different genres to get a feel for what I truly like. You absolutely never disappoint, thank you!
When i subbed to you i got hyped for the meme vids, now i get hyped for the book ones, i have become an intellectual
Leonard is one of my favorites! I'm thrilled that you did a video on him. I love crime fiction, and you've given me a lot of books and writers to explore. I recently checked out Black Wings Has My Angel and Five Decembers from the library on your recommendation.
Just gotta say that thumbnail style you used is great, usually I don't click on your book stuff but this thumbnails style definitely got my attention
My da made me read Pronto a few months ago and I loved it, you can visualise everything it so great, really excited to read more of his books in the future.
this actually came in good time, I've just finished a book and I wanted something related to investigation and crime. Nice
Thanks for the recommendation. I picked up a couple of the omnibus collections of his ("Westerns" and "Four Novels of the 1970s") from the library. Really looking forward to diving in.
I’ll always miss the iconography of your old glasses. Don’t be mad that I can’t feel good for your betterment, deep down I love you.
I love Justified! Thanks for this video, I'll definitely have to check out some Elmore Leonard novels!
I haven’t read any of the crime stuff, but I’ve read a bunch of Leonard’s westerns. I think I saw a video where you recommended Valdez is Coming, and every time I went into a bookstore I would look for it. I often ended up taking home a different Elmore Leonard western, but could never find Valdez. Finally, over a year later. I bought Valdez online!
3:10 to Yuma (1957) is the best version btw! It is one of my favorite movies of all time, and got me into Elmore Leonard.
Came across your channel because of Daniel Greene, but funny enough I'm not a big fantasy guy. I love crime fiction though and couldn't be happier to see someone cover Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake.
i'm currently reading Forty Slashes minus one. And have a pile of Elmore books that i want to read this year
If you haven't already would love to see you cover Le Carre at some point! He's fantastic!
I love this part of the channel
My favorite Leonard is still Get Shorty, but I tried reading him in high school. Maybe now I'll get it, but for those kinds of writers, gotta say, vastly preferred Lansdale and Schow. Just vibed with them better, I guess.
I’ve read three Elmore Leonard books: Rum Punch, Get Shorty, and Cuba Libre. The first two were great but Cuba Libre was a little dull, I think I saw the tropes leaking through a little too much. Interesting setting though.
I like how readable he is. His characters are interesting and the writing is clever without trying to be in your face about it. Just quick, enjoyable stories that feel like a Tarantino movie or GTA game with their eccentric criminals and stoic heroes.
been meaning to check more of his books out ever since Get Shorty, so this is encouraging me to do that. great video:)
Read Five Decembers on your recommendation, it was excellent. The ending was fantastic!
Coincidentally picked up a three novel collection of Leonard’s at goodwill the other day. I’ll definitely have to get to reading
This is the kind of stuff people need to see more in TH-cam
One of my favorite authors. I read Tishomingo Blues and loved it. A couple weeks later by sheer luck I scored his omnibus Dutch Treat from a thrift store for a buck. I ate it up in a week. I've read everything he's written now. Djibouti is probably the only one that didn't really do it for me. Great writer.
These are some of my favorite videos you do. I love watching you talk about books you love. You're so passionate and excited. It's delightful.
Long time subscriber but first time commenter here. Great video and love that you love Elmore Leonard! I got into his work after watching Justified and became obsessed. Just finished Pronto and Rum Punch, but never read any of his Westerns. Might have to do that now!
Two of my favorite Elmore Leonard books are Out of Sight and Stick. I met Elmore once when he was giving an "In Conversation With . . . " talk. It does sadden me that there are so many book tubers and so few who discuss Leonard. He was absolutely a master. Thanks for the video!
I feel like in this upload Man really went back to his roots here Talking about books and using glasses. I want to read Elmore Leonard now 👍🏻
I just put up a video on my channel about Elmore Leonard he's one of my favorites as well... one of the main reasons I finished my novel was because of the lessons I learned from Elmore Leonard
I'm still trying to get back into reading but I honestly really like these videos highlighting more classic books rather than just new stuff
Your book videos make me happy
I've read two or three of his novels after loving the show Justified. My interest fizzled out after that but "Forty Lashes Less One" Seams right up my alley. Thanks Man Thing!
Past Me: Clicking the video expecting that MCT brand of hokey jokey
Present Me: Educated about an author I previously wasn't aware of and now I want to pick up a book.
I'm nine days late to you having a video on my favorite author. Sheee! Better late than never.
Your channel has quickly become one of my favorite, and has really sparked a reading renaissance for me. Most of the book youtubers I've seen tend to drivel and on with their reviews, but your videos are on point.
My favourite Elmore Leonard book is the one called: " " I think its one of the best ones,Really liked the part.
I found your channel through your skits, but I really love your videos about books. I’m still in high school, so I appreciate how you bring slightly older books to my attention. You convinced me to finally read the copy of The Road my dad had lying around, and I am incredibly grateful for that! As a fan of Quentin Tarantino’s movies, I’m definitely going to have to read some Elmore Leonard stuff. Keep up the great work and have an awesome day!
Great stuff. Check out James Ellroy, Chester Himes, Elmer Kelton, and Joseph Knox. I like Leonard's western short stories a lot.
Demon Dog is my favorite author.
Maximum Bob might have the funniest ending to a novel ever
I really love his "Rules for Writers" article in the Guardian. One of maybe three pieces of writing advice I've actually found helpful.
As a stubborn idiot who's full of himself, I don't tend to take writing advice seriously too often. I've been reading tips since I could use a computer, so my default mode is "let's see if I agree with this". Having said that: I'm curious what the other two piece of advice are.
I finished Blood Meridian a couple weeks ago, and today I’m about to start Rum Punch. I can’t wait to get into Leonard, he’s an author I’ve been looking to read for a while now
Elmore Leonard has some of the snappiest dialogue I've ever seen. Its no wonder the show Justified was so good when it came to dialogue. Everyone should read his work, from Pronto to Get Shorty to Fire in the Hole! I love the man.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the best lines came from Leonard's novels, it's worth mentioning that - as far as I could tell - Leonard stopped just short of confessing the opinion that the show was better than his books. In any case a lot of that dialogue had to come from the writer's room
You carried that
Wild coincidence… I finished reading Get Shorty yesterday
My introduction to Leonard was through Tarantino. Great writer. Fun Fact: Get Shorty, LaBrava, and City Primeval are included among the 1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
Thank you for this great video! I picked up a Leonard novel at random once and was immediately struck by how unmannered and sparkling his style was. I was reading a lot of really dense weird fiction at the time and so it was a MAJOR change of pace. His writing feels incredibly characterful, like the third-person narrator is themself a character, if that makes sense.
I've always felt Carl Hiassen was the same type of third person narrator. It felt like he was somehow involved without being a character. I'm looking forward to continue reading SPLIT IMAGES.
The jump cuts on every sentence feel like parody at this point lmao
The way you talk about Elmore Leonard reminds me how I felt about discovering Charles Portis, really amazing feeling.
Started La Brava, am at the chapter 3 and already loving. I kept reading Maurice's line with Danny DeVito's voice so it improved the whole thing by ten fold
I loved The Hunted, Tishamingo Blues & Freaky Deaky. He’s so great.
I had an affinity for crime but always found the modern ones that get popular enough to find at the store and/or by searching are same-y. Very focused on masculinity, very braggy in how they bring up the author's approach to sex and the awful curse of literal men describing big booba. Happy to have a recommendation outside the sphere.
Ah you’ll like Leonard then. He’s often laughing at his idiot macho characters. He very much saw those kinds of men as losers more often than not.
Even his true blue good guys are often grappling with the toxic masculinity culture they’ve been raised with and struggle to get out of it.
The tv show Justified is a good example of both the idiot macho guys and the hero that struggles with his own humanity and masculinity and anger while trying to do the right thing.
Justified being an adaptation of Leonard’s work by the way.
I mean... I find it hard to believe crime fiction sans self-awareness can thrive, considering every notoble piece of crime _cinema_ is a massive takedown of toxic masculinity, so the idea that _literature_ could be even more fraught in such a critical age is questionable to me, but maybe I'm naive.
I've already read several Leonard books, partly because of Justified - his Raylan's a little different from the show's, but that's what you get with adaptation (the cast, particularly Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins, really make the characters their own). Road Dogs was kinda fun, as I liked Jack Foley and it was neat to bring in characters from other Leonard books. Never did read any of his westerns, maybe I will check 'em out some day.
I'm trying to get better at writing third person limited so he definitely sounds like someone I could learn from, thanks for the recommendation! love your book videos.
Thanks MCT!!
I read the book 'Bandits' by him like 15 years ago when I was still a teenager.
That's the only one I read, can't really remember an awful lot about it, think the backdrop etc. went over my head. Had a lot of references to Nicaragua and the Contras in it as far as I can remember (?).
Not sure I got a good start with him but your video has sparked a renewed interest.
You recommended Five Decembers to me, so I value your opinion highly!
Dude, you have new glasses?! Me, too!
I went with rimless because I see them as the bare minimum in style. Rimless is as close as a person can get to no style. Of course, when trying on new designs I can't see my face because I have bad eyesight. It doesn't help that a person is sitting right in front of me as I look in the mirror like a vain superficial shallow person who loves himself way too much. Alone is fine of course. Anyways, I hate picking out glasses and I'm not happy with what I selected. 😞
Love your channel. Now that I know you like some crime fiction would love a video on James Ellroy if you read him.
I have recently found that while I typically don’t enjoy genre fiction old noir novels might be my guilty pleasure. Will definitely check out Leonard, and would recommend Jim Thompson and Raymond Chandler if you haven’t read them already.
"You can get feelin' better when you feel no pain..." G. Lightfoot The ad read had me.... well, kinda throwin' up in my mouth... You understand this right?
[commenting for the algorithm,(I don't want these types of videos to be lost in your pile of skits)]tbr pile increases again. /
Jackie Brown, Out of Sight, and Get Shorty are all fantastic adaptations
One of Leonard's finest short stories is "When the Women Come Out to Dance".
How the FUCK is this channel not more popular?!
Not really experienced in crime fiction but ive read The Law at Randado and just finished up Glitz but so far i love his work. Have a few more of his books that i plan on tackling soon. Ive also been told to check out Cormac McCarthy's work but i keep hearing that his books are kind of harder to read.
When I was around 15 I read literally every Elmore Leonard book I could find. Read Forty Lashes Less One and Valdez is Coming last year. They definitely still hold up!
You sold me on checking this guy out anyways but the editing was a bit aggressive, your natural pace is usually way better than TH-camr cuts
Hardcuts and snappy youtuber editing is not going to age well, agreed.
Good work on Mr Leonard's singular ways. My father said to me, he was then 90: ride with a loose rein and a wide horizon. I hope you do the same. I hope you are a writer.
Thank you, I will now read more Leonard, also there’s a small typo in the title where it should say “more”
Maximum Bob is underrated. Also one of my favorites.
Hardboiled crime fiction and noir fiction are the real deal man, Authors like Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James M Cain, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosley, Donald Westlake, James Ellroy. Discovered this literary genre back in 2020 through cinema, the 'film noir' genre of 40s and 50s and the neo-noir stuff of post 70s. Noir bought realism into crime!!
Ellroys American Tabloid is still my favorite book
I would start with Pronto, I love that novel.
Hey man, just wanted to say that i really love this new direction towards crime fiction, it is one of the other passions of mine (besides fantasy), i really love leonard. Have you read george pelecanos? (he is my favourite) would love to see a series of videos like this from other crime authors like leonard!
Looks like Bounty Hunter BookTube is back on the menu, boys.
Sorry if I’m late, but I just discovered this channel. Question: have you ever explored some classics in the Brit thriller tradition? Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, Len Deighton? If you like Leonard, you might dig Deighton. He’s been described as the English Raymond Chandler. In an interview he claims he was fond of American police procedurals of the Ed McBain variety, but since nobody had ever tried a British spy procedural he’d give it a shot - and “The Ipcress File” was the result.
MY FAVORITE AUTHOR!!!
Finished Killshot and it was great
His settings Detroit East Coast Florida but love a RURAL setting like his third setting Rural Kentucky!!!
Nice Glasses, Jim! I mean..."Jake" Nice! LOL!
That’s nice looking carpet.
I hope you do more videos like this I just have one suggestion:
Fewer J-cuts. I think that style of editing works wonders for comedy content, but I think it’a a little too fast here. I loved the words - they just came at me too quickly to comfortably process them.
Apologies if the suggestion offends or makes you feel negative in any way. I just felt a lot of passion coming through this video and the thumbnail and wanted to share in case you were discouraged by the lower than average views for your channel (even though it’s still got a ton of views lol)
All best,
~hpr
Enjoying the increasing reading content
I too love the guy from The Amazing World of Gumball, awesome!
Can Elmore Leonard say the same things about himself? Can he tell people everything you stated in all seriousness? Is he capable of being aware of how you and others see his writings? Does he know without being told?
I think of myself and my works, often, in terms of other people.
My favorite Leonard is Get Shorty or Rum Punch. I never liked the movie adaptations from Tarantino though.
maybe i’ll finally use that kindle i bought and then proceeded to never use
You know, Elmore Leonard always said Don't write in the first person. Well, he was wrong. So many of my favorite books were written in the first person. Heads-up to young writers just starting out: Don't pay attention to what anyone says, no matter how famous. Figure it out, not by reading how-to-books, but by actually sitting down and doing it. Live life. Read a lot, write a lot. Know lots of different types of peeps. Stay away from stuffed shirts. And, most of all, do your best to keep politics out of it. Writers who fill their books with their politics--very often--are jerks. Even Bukowski knew enough to keep politics out of his poetry & prose.
Just read SWAG. It's really fun.
Maximum Bob is the Bomb-DIGGITY!
"Get Shorty", the movie adaptation, was so bad that I can't really imagine reading anything from Elmore Leonard.
You should read the shardlake series by CJ Sansom