Article: The gang's all here: Elmore Leonard brings some beloved characters back in collection of short stories.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Marta Salij

Trying to guess the motivation behind the timing of a book's release is a little parlor game with us book critics, seeing as we're on the fringes of the publishing industry and never really know.

The latest Elmore Leonard book, a collection of short stories called "When the Women Come Out to Dance" is good fodder for a round. It was supposed to come out Jan. 1, has been in stores since Nov. 19, and still has an official "pub date" of Jan. 1: What's up with that?

Yeah, holiday sales. But then why not just publish the book officially in November, with all the others? Books often get into stores a week or so before their ...

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