Elmore Leonard Books

As of right now I'm juggling two books, Rum Punch and Road Dogs, both by Elmore Leonard. My favorite author of all time responsible for many great books including Out of Sight and Get Shorty, he's famous for his blend of comedy and crime that go so well together. He's a great pulp fiction writer who's actually a well merited writer and also has written some better-than-average western novels. Rum Punch is a book i've already read before, but when I first read it alot went over my head. Reading it with a little more knowledge makes the book all the more enjoyable. I'm still peeved by the fact it was never made into a sequel, because it would work perfectly. The plot consists of a flight attendant Jackie Burke (renamed Jackie Brown for the Quentin Tarantino movie of the same name as it's main character) who gets involved with many characters from many different facets of life: an aging bail bondsman, a weapons dealer, and a bevy of cops and cons who populate what could be either Miami or Los Angeles. Road Dogs, Leonard's most recent offering is a three character book about Jack Foley (a composite of all bank robber stereotypes), Dawn Navarro (a sexy mystic), and Cundo Rey a funny spanish crime boss who are all playing each other for a big score. Each character is from another Leonard novel, Foley being the most famous being that he's from Out of Sight. I'm enjoying both novel's very much.