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It was Mr. Leonard's biographer who told me the westerns were good. I haven't read them, but I think my source is pretty reliable.

You are obviously very wise.

Elmore Leonard's westerns are about 40 years old, but I heard they hold up and are still worth reading.

I think the quality of the writer is more important than anything else. After all, in spite of CSI, there are still thousands of murders that go unsolved every year. Bin Laden is still out there, etc.

Makes me wonder, how did people send strangers millions of dollars before the Internet was invented?;)

Nothing to report?

I've always liked this, but a lot of people wonder why.

NEW YORK -- The indictment of I. Lewis Libby has had one unintended benefit for the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney: The resurrection of his once forgotten literary career. Used copies of his 1996 novel, "The Apprentice," a thriller set in Japan that includes references to...

You might find this interesting: http://www.newyorkmag.com/nymetro/arts/books/14980/index.html

Everything by Dave Barry makes me laugh out loud. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas did too.

If you're smart enough to know that I was going to bring up sacred femine next, you're smart enough to know why. Sacred feminine is "a distinct, recurring, and unifying idea." The sacred feminine is not, "a pattern of events." The reason it's important, is because if you study Dan Brown's...

Just finished it. Highly recommended.

No wonder you didn't like it. A quick google search reveals that a lot of people aren't talking about the plot. They are talking about whether Dan Brown's so called "meticulously researched facts" are actually factual. http://www.opusdei.org/art.php?w=32&p=7017...

Well, he has written three fiction works: Big Trouble (1999) Tricky Business (2002) Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) Plus, if Dave Barry had written Mrs Dalloway, the novel would probably contain an exploding cow. Was that the kind of action you were looking for?

The Pulitzer Prize comittee disagrees.

Because I think it's relevant and funny. Plus, I like the idea that the writer who holds the record for using the word "Booger" has something relevant to say about Virginia Woolf. (Personally, I think that Barry is not only funny, but an excellent writer. I don't, however, want to hijack...

Dave Barry: "What I learned about plot is that you need one."

Anyone else feel like they are ripping off Steinbeck? (Though I guess if you need to rip some one off, you might as well rip off Steinbeck.)

Go with a couple of classics. Anything by Hemingway on the Spanish Civil War. I picked up a book of short stories for a buck or 2 20 years ago. Still memorable. "Tactics is attacking from the front. Strategy is attacking from the side." (You got to read the story, but it's very poignant.)...

Posting under your real name, and understanding Google, encourages you to double check every post. I'd hate it if 200 years from now some 14 year old kid researching Catcher in the Rye stumbled across an archived Book Forum thread and thought "Doug Johnson was a terrible speller." ("Doug...