As much as i like Mr Tarantino's Jackie Brown and love Mr Leonard's Rum Punch, The Friends of Eddie Coyle has greater authenticity, much of it due to seeing the characters struggle with such mundane problems as trying to meet their monthly nut, just like the rest of us schlubbs.
Eddie Richey
The Best Crime Novel Ever Written
2013
Hollywoodjournal.com
image
unknown
http://hollywoodjournal.com/industry-impressions/elmore-leonard-the-best-crime-novel-ever-written/20130927/
