tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post3565063220615869349..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Mr. ParadiseEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-47581057044102748052009-07-13T06:03:00.649-07:002009-07-13T06:03:00.649-07:00Not his best, but still a good, fun read.Not his best, but still a good, fun read.Patrick Shawn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832860010935241958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-40838435204889526402009-07-13T01:51:34.060-07:002009-07-13T01:51:34.060-07:00His use of something like shaved vs. natural in Mr...His use of something like shaved vs. natural in Mr. Paradise was a great touch. Sort of like "pull my finger" in Honey's Room. Glitz was the first Leonard novel I read way back in the day and that one kept me a fan for life.<br /><br />He's one of crime's masters.charlie stellahttp://www.charliestella.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-61080008994798706112009-07-12T18:04:40.640-07:002009-07-12T18:04:40.640-07:00I have never experienced the scabrous world that M...I have never experienced the scabrous world that Mr. Leonard writes about, having grown up in the sheltered 1940s middle class. Yet I sense that he captures that rough world with perfect verisimilitude. And those who have lived in that world seem to agree: he catches that life just as it is, which makes him a gifted novelist. <br /><br />Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com