> >I was wondering if anyone could articulate
what
> >they feel is the primary differences between
Charles >Willeford's
> >work and Elmore Leonard?
>
> I too have noticed a similarity in styles between
these two giants, mostly
> from Willeford's Hoke Moseley series.
>
> But I would say that Leonard seems much more bemused
by the amorality of his
> characters, and more detached as well. Leonard never
wrote anything in the
> first person, whereas the Hoke Moseley series aside,
Willeford often went
> there and seemed to wallow in their dark
natures.
I watched Michael Dibdin [sp?] interview Elmore Leonard on
_The Late
Show_ last night (an old video tape of the BBC2 series, not a
recent
broadcast). According to the interview, Leonard slips easily
from third
person narrative to interior monologue. I think the point was
also made
by Martin Amis in a tape insert.
However, having not actually read Leonard (though I did
listen to an
audio tape of 52 Pick Up a few years ago) I cannot comment on
this
aspect of his writing.
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