Friday, February 3, 2012

One thing you can say with confidence about Elmore Leonard...

He has never used the word...

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A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two (George R.R. Martin)
- Highlight on Page 2 | Loc. 73 | Added on Thursday, February 02, 2012, 07:57 AM

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Martin writes fewer sentences that are individually savorable, and so he reads faster, and therefore seems speedier, than Leonard, even though he is objectively wordier.

1 comment:

Tulkinghorn said...

I just checked and it's not in Tishomingo Blues.

It's in Persuasion, though....