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Djibouti : a Novel by Elmore Leonard is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Djibouti : a Novel about?
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Exclusive: Joe Hill Reviews DjiboutiThe author of the critically acclaimed novels Djibouti: In the spirit of Djibouti, his 48th novel. 10. The babes. The heroine of Djibouti would be one Dara Barr, who has touched down in Africa to make a documentary about the booming piracy business and maybe win herself another Oscar. Dara is as laconic and unflappable as any of Leonard’s finest heroes (see: waaaaaay overmatched. 9. The bad boys. Creative writing teachers who want to show their students how to draft an unforgettable antagonist ought to tear out chapter 18 and pass it around. That’s where Leonard tells us the story of James Russell, a clever Miami lowlife, who reinvents himself as Jamal Raisuli, al-Queda bomb-thrower... all in 7 pages of breezy, economical characterization. 8. The talk. Plenty has been written about Elmore Leonard’s mastery of dialogue, and I don’t need to rehash it. Why bother, when I could just quote some of it? An elderly terrorist, jailed in The States, gets talking with James Russell: “What is it you hope to become in your life?” “Famous,” James said. “I been looking at ways.” “Become a prophet? “I don’t tell what will happen. I do
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Elmore Leonard
- Publisher
- Bantam / HarperCollins
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780061735219
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 2.98 / 5 (1,869 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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