Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard

by Charles J. Rzepka

Book Overview

Widely known as the crime fiction writer whose work led to the movies Get Shorty and Out of Sight, Elmore Leonard had a special knack for creating "cool" characters. In Being Cool, Charles J. Rzepka looks at what makes the dope-dealers, bookies, grifters, financial advisors, talent agents, shady attorneys, hookers, models, and crooked cops of Leonard's world cool. They may be nefarious, but they are also confident, skilled,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142141015X
• ISBN13: 9781421410159
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher