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Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard | |
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About 114 pages (34,137 words) in 12 products |
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Elmore Leonard | | Birth Date: |
October 11, 1925 | | Death Date: |
January 13, 1993 | | Place of Birth: |
New Orleans, Louisiana | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
Writer, Screenwriter |
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 Biography of Elmore (John) Leonard, (Jr.)
8606 words, approx. 28.7 pages
 Many critics consider Elmore Leonard to be the best living writer of crime fiction in the United States. Since the mid 1980s he has enjoyed enormous commercial success, and his style has influenced a generation of writers. Leonard began his career writin... summary from source:
Biography of Elmore (John) Leonard, (Jr.)
4144 words, approx. 13.8 pages
Dubbed "The Dickens of Detroit" by Time magazine in 1984, Elmore Leonard has written more than thirty novels, as well as many short stories and screenplays. He began his writing career in the early 1950s, turning out short stories for western pulp magazi... summary from source:
 Biography of Elmore Leonard
3552 words, approx. 11.8 pages
Elmore Leonard has been called the greatest living writer of crime fiction. His novels have been compared to the works of the acknowledged masters of the genre, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Critics praise Leonard's uncanny ear for dialogue, and...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Out of Sight Information
1,193 words, approx. 4 pages
 Out of Sight is a 1998 Academy Award-nominated movie directed by Steven Soderbergh and based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. It was the first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and star George Clooney. The film was released on...
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 AP News Atlantic City mayor drops out of sight
10/5/2007: 772 words, approx. 3 pagesUnder federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam, a groggy-sounding Mayor Robert Levy called in sick at City Hall, climbed into his city-issued Dodge Durango and seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth.A spokesman issued a 36-word statement saying the mayor was... summary from source:
AP Features Cubans still waiting, wondering as Fidel Castro remains out of sight
1/25/2007: 754 words, approx. 3 pagesSome Cubans express frustration, others apathy as 80-year-old Fidel Castro battles an unnamed illness and remains unseen six months after handing power to his younger brother.But most seem willing to wait patiently to see how Acting President Raul Castro might change things after his brother... summary from source:
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AP News WWF: Geysers reappear after landslide
6/7/2007: 250 words, approx. 1 pagesSeveral of the wondrous geysers feared obliterated by a massive landslide on Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula reappeared Thursday after a drop in the water level in a lake formed by the flow of rock and mud, the World Wildlife Fund said.Sunday's landslide buried much of...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Review by Peter Matthews
2,608 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following positive review, Matthews praises Soderbergh's film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel Out of Sight.
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Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard | |
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