Culture and Elmore Leonard

ELMORE LEONARD  is a very gifted writer.  His characters spring full grown from the printed page.  He has a sense of conjuring up gritty scenes that hold the reader's interest. Much like Damon Runyon, Mr. Leonard can make his characters really stir people with their unusual goings-on.  Leonard's novel, 'Get Shorty' is a "cool" modernist story that engages our souls so well.