Notebooks

by Elmore Leonard

One of 50 numbered copies signed by Leonard out of 350 total published. The book reproduces excerpts from his notebooks where he details his trips to gather background and dialogue for his novel, Bandits. The front and rear boards reproduce some of his notebooks. A brown leather backstrip and paper covered boards with no dust jacket as issued.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

Elmore John Leonard lived in Dallas, Oklahoma City and Memphis before settling in Detroit in 1935. After serving in the navy, he studied English literature at the University of Detroit where he entered a short story competition. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.

Father of Peter Leonard.

Reviews

[Berta Kleiner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally worth it.
Read for the 2nd time.