: > Back to Ellroy, I think the purest way to 'get' him is
to hear him
: > read it.
:
: I couldn't agree more.
I haven't had the chance to see him in person, but I did see
a
one-hour TV thing on him and his mother's death. I think a
British TV
network did it, pre-_My Dark Places_. I taped it, but had
some other
stuff on the tape, lent it to someone, and haven't been able
to get it
back yet.
Memorable man. I got the feeling that if he was right in
front of me
and started ranting, I'd either be hypnotized or run away
screaming.
I can't remember if the show had any clips of him reading,
but I can
imagine it'd be quite a performance. Too bad he hasn't done
any
books-on-tape.
On another note, I saw a short documentary on Elmore Leonard
a few
months back. Seems like a nice guy, pretty quiet. Did people
know he
has a researcher who does a lot of his leg work and all his
prep work?
Bill
--
William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
"Let's keep the party polite."
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