Not the best Leonard, but still an amusing little novel. I knew one of the main characters was the guy from "Out of Sight," but I didn't realize the other two were from other Leonard novels. Maybe I would have appreciated it more if I had read those others first. The plot was pretty twisty, and it wasn't too predictable. I did think that the main bank robber character was getting maybe a little too close to being a copy of Chili Palmer, who is a great main character but doesn't need to be carbon copied. Maybe it's just because most of this is set in L.A. and there's a little movie business plotline. I did like that my sympathies ebbed and flowed a bit...Leonard always manages to show some sympathy for the jerk characters so you don't just hate them. I've been an Elmore Leonard fan for a while, but I waited to read Road Dogs (2009) after learning that there was a character from his earlier novel La Brava (the fact that there was also a character from Out of Sight-Jack Foley didn't bother me since the film version is one of my favorite films). I decided to read La Brava first, and found out that Cundo Rey, the Cuban go go dancer from LaBrava survived the three shots to his chest in the previous novel. Leonard creates great characters, interesting dialogue, and unpredictable plots and this is yet another example of these strengths.
What do You think about Road Dogs (2009)?
Classic Leonard. Kept me wondering til the end.
—Amy
too boring to finish - got to around page 70,
—alex
