Mr. Paradise

Title	Mr. Paradise
Author	Elmore Leonard
Call Number	PS3562.E55 M75 2004
Location	2nd Floor Humanities
Rating	Recommended
Book Review	Reading Elmore Leonard is a lot like listening to the Ramones. Sure, they only know 2 songs, but they're both incredible. Elmore Leonard writes what seems like hundreds of books featuring quirky but dim criminals, femme fatales abound, and protagonists who think more than say and are usually willing to let everyone else tell the story. This is one of Leonard's later stories, a Detroit one which features all of those qualities and more. As always, his writing is concise and economic, his dialogue quick, and his characters three dimensional. Elmore Leonard stories inevitably end up with all of the characters in the same room, and the reader wondering who will make it out alive. This story was no exception.
Submitted By	Cotton Coslett
Department or Major	Leatherby Libraries
Status	Staff
Chapman Email	coslett@chapman.edu