When I think of what other's have said about Elmore Leonard's writing, the first two things I recall are a master of dialogue and no adverbs.
I know he wrote a list of 10 rules for writing, but "no adverbs" is what stuck. So I decided I would find where he used an adverb and cite it for you. Got tired of looking eventually.
And as for dialogue. Well it's good that he's good at it because LaBrava is at least 96% dialogue. And I loved it.
I hadn't read any of Leonard's novels since my cowboy stories era many years ago. He's good. Really Good.
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