Gregg Sutter - 29 October 2008 01:54 PM
There is something strangely moving about that opening. Indeed, literary. Not one wasted word. I know you are not complaining, John, but come on, he mentioned your precious Blue Jays! What more can he do for our friends to the North?
I would have liked to have heard the reading.
There’s not really a lot going on at the festival in town right now. This year is focusing on Irish literature and Colm Toibin is headlining. I remember when Elmore was here and he read from Mr. Paradise, it was a lot of fun. People buy subscriptions without always knowing who all the writers will be so I think there were a number of people in the audience who’d never read an Elmore Leonard novel. One of the scenes he read was where the lawyer advises the two hitmen that they’ll need another source of income and he suggests home invasions. There’d already been some casual racism in the scene and the audience was laughing pretty hard, letting out the tension. I think quite a few people went out and bought the book.
Too bad Elmore isn’t here this year. Maybe next year when Road Dogs comes out.
