Saturday, March 1, 2014

Nine Hollywood novels to get you in the mood for Oscar night

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Joel Cunningham tagged nine Hollywood novels to get you in the mood for Oscar night, including:
Get Shorty, by Elmore Leonard

Leonard transports his expert skills as a crime novelist to Hollywood in this dark comedy about a hoodlum who decides he wants to be a part of the movie business. It’s Leonard, so the cast is loaded with colorful characters and the plot is delightfully convoluted. Naturally, it made for a great movie.
Read about the other books on the list.

Get Shorty made the Telegraph's top ten list of Elmore Leonard film adaptations and Justin Peters's list of five of the dumbest bad guys Elmore Leonard created.

--Marshal Zeringue