Biography
Elmore Finds His Sound
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In 1972, Elmore read The Friends of Eddie Coyle by the late George V. Higgins. It inspired him to "loosen up and not be as rigid, to get into scenes quicker; Fifty-Two Pickup, (1974) Swag, (1976) and Unknown Man No. 89 (1977) remain the essential trilogy of the Elmore Leonard sound, the setting no longer the old west, but urban Detroit.