There’s one about a marine. Can’t remember the title now. It is a brilliant portrait of the nature of a marine.
Sent it to a marine freeper one time but he never even acknowledged that he received it. He had warned me he doesn’t like fiction, but he may have hated it for other reasons. I never found out.
If you’re an Elmore Leonard fan, you’ll love the FX series, Justified. It’s the most “Leonard” production ever. Outside, perhaps, of Get Shorty. Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins are magnificent.
We’re heading out to do some shooting this morning. The “range” is noted in the book, Collateral Crimes:
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Around midnight, the sky to the east became a little brighter as they approached Phoenix. Jonathan said, “So where’s the shipment going to?”
“Maricopa, a couple hours from here. Google maps shows it out in the desert west of the Ak Chin Reservation.”
“In the desert?”
“Yeah. I know the area. We go target shooting out there.
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They exited the interstate at Queen Creek Road and turned right. There was a sign telling them they were entering the Gila River Indian Community, and the landscape changed from suburbs to desert. Mark said they were on the John Wayne Parkway, which made Jonathan smile. The reason he was there was to avoid the John Wayne Airport. When they got to Maricopa, Mark made a right, then a few miles down made a left and drove across some railroad tracks onto a narrow two-lane.
“Almost there,” he said.
It seemed to Jonathan they were going deep into the desert. They had only seen a few cars since leaving the interstate, and every road they turned on seemed more remote than the last. At one point, he thought he smelled cows. They drove through some rolling hills, and when they cleared the last one, an oasis of brightly lighted buildings rose in the east.
Mark said, “That’s the Ak Chin Casino.” Jonathan nodded. Mark downshifted and they slowed to a crawl. He pointed off into the desert. “That’s where we go shooting. The road we need to turn on is up ahead, not too far.”