Monthly Archives: December 2017

Problem Solved

Tishomingo Blues from Four Later Novels by Elmore Leonard.  Library of America.  961 pp.  $40.00. No sooner do I complain about a problem in Elmore Leonard’s work—the fact that every novel seemed to feature a monstrous guy who killed people casually and unnecessarily, as if such people don’t need explaining—than it disappeared.  Tishomingo Blues includes … Continue reading Problem Solved

Who You Really Are (You Knew All Along)

Coco a film by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina.  With Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach.  ***** I went to this movie as an act of desperation.  Every day I read in the New York Times about the marvelous movies that are arriving for the holiday season and the great reviews they’ve … Continue reading Who You Really Are (You Knew All Along)

My Elmore Leonard Problem

Out of Sight from Four Later Novels by Elmore Leonard.  Library of America.  961 pp. $40.00. I’m coming to the end of my Elmore Leonard period.  I never thought, when I decided to look into his Detroit novels because my son now lives in Detroit and I’ve gotten to know the place a little, that … Continue reading My Elmore Leonard Problem