SOURCE: "Common Criminals and Ordinary Heroes," in Armchair Detective, Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 14-20.
In the following essay, Sandels surveys Leonard's crime novels and reveals how the author departs from and provides commentary on traditional crime story formulas; Sandels also delineates standard themes and elements of plot and character found in these works.
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