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Article: Elmore Leonard: a mob mentality.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 4, 2000
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The fresh copies of "Pagan Babies" arrived 20 minutes ago and the ad proof is here on the desk, too, proclaiming Elmore Leonard to be the coolest and hottest writer in the land.
It's hard to tell just how impressed that hot writer is, though, as he settles into his desk chair for one of the first interviews to sell his 36th novel, which was published Sept. 5. He gives almost every question the cool, appraising look of one of his most famous characters, Chili Palmer of "Get Shorty," and pauses _ beat, beat _ before starting a reply.
But then he launches into a story and the appraising look gives way to a raconteur's twinkle.
Like, when he called ...