The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
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The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard

by Elmore Leonard

2004•Western•545 pages

Taste attributes: westernadventuredramafresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeA western that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.

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About This Book

No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. And no story about a young writer struggling to launch his career ever matched its subject matter better than the tale behind Leonard's Western oeuvre.In 1950, fresh out of college -- having written two "pointless" stories, as he describes them -- Leonard decided he needed to pick a market, a big one, which would give him...

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

WesternAdventureDramaAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

Western storiesWestern

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Author
Elmore Leonard
Published
2004
Pages
545
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