Mario--
I like Leonard very much. His westerns are great, too. But
Thomas' characters (vilains included) are much more engaging
to me. I think Thonas' Durango novel is the closest he came
to writing like Leonard.
In my opinion, Thomas is a much more complex narrator who
presents a more fully realized world view (and makes you
laugh at it) in his finest novels.
Leonard has a great talent for releasing a driving narration
with implicit violence in dialogue and characters that keeps
me reading on. Leonard can be funny, too,
But not with the sophistication of Thomas.
Keith
Mario Taboada wrote:
> Just a warning that I've been rereading Ross Thomas
and may bore the hell out
> of everyone here by singing the praises of this
marvellous author. His
> _Chinaman's Chance_, in particular, is a classic
book. I had underestimated
> Thomas, but a comment here some months ago (by Bill
Crider, I think) led me to
> read him again. Why's is there so much talk about
Elmore Leonard and so little
> about Thomas, who's at least as good?
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