Elmore’s characters always have cool names. Name your 10 favorites.

In no particular order:

Bo Catlett (the Cat)
Leon Woody
Sportree
Max Cherry
Ordell Robbie
Armand Degas
Ray Barboni (Bones)
Clement Mansell (the Oklahoma Wildman)
Cundo Rey
Jack Ryan

I could go back through each book and find 50 more, but those above come to mind without heavy lifting.

Anyone else have favorites not already listed?

I’ll cheat a little and add one from Honey’s Room:

Honey Deal

Man, how could I forget Preston Raincrow?

frank renda

Jack Foley: almost, but not quite, as good as Jack Ryan.

Third place for the Jack characters; Jack Delaney.

Fourth; Jack Belmont.

Karen Sisco, Marshall Sisco.

Elmore likes Stick, Jack Foley and Raylan Givens.

Frank: “What do they call you, Ernest?”
Stick: “You call me that I won’t answer.”

LACrimAtty - 26 February 2007 01:37 PM

Frank: “What do they call you, Ernest?”
Stick: “You call me that and I won’t answer.”

Great Idea for a topic and great quote.

Stick is my favorite character and name.

Son Slater,

Frank Renda!  Which one?  Both are great.

The topic
“Elmore’s characters always have cool names. Name your 10 favorites.
In no particular order: “
it is the name itself we are going for
to me frank renda sounds like a cool name,
the sound evokes an honest rendering
honesty can be fatal and therefore evil
an honest evil unmistakable is easily avoided
The characters are something else again
each of these guys are plain in their mean cruelty
driven by their own bottom line
self satisfaction
perfect

Juicy Mouth

I know it’s become a bit played out due to the high profile of the two films, but how is Chili Palmer not on anyone’s list ? That’s a name that jumps off the pages at me.

Because he’s a real guy. Although Elmore should get credit for recognizing the coolness of it.