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    <body><![CDATA[     I wanted to read the book that inspired one of my favorite movies, Jackie Brown.  I have to say, much is similar, but I liked the changes in the movie.  A rare time when I think the movie was better than the book.  The book was still good, but Jackie was a white woman, Louis worked for Max Cher...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66851413">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Elmore Leonard's strong point is his characterization. This is one of his best. As I started reading it, it began to seem familiar. Then I realized that it is the basis of Quentin Terantino's film &quot;Jackie Brown&quot;. In the book, her name is Jackie Burke. And she's white. And the book isn't ab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58225930">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Couldn't finish it. I loved the movie that was based on it, Jackie Brown, so I expected to love the book. The loser-ness level of the characters was just a bit too high for me and I didn't like how he did dialog. I need to try another of his to see.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very fun book, a good Elmore Leonard adventure.  I didn't see the movie &quot;Jackie Brown&quot; which this is supposedly based upon, but it would be hard to top this book.  Classic Leonard characters with the bright and dim individuals, with a reference to an older Leonard novel about a kidnapping ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15990672">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[About gun running in Florida with smart characters trying to outsmart each other.  Typically light but enjoyable.]]></body>
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    <review id="53272001">
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    <body><![CDATA[Been a while since I read it.  I don't really remember the story.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie after the book so I'm biased towards the book.  Very good book; mediocre movie.  Tarantino has made a couple of  outstanding movies but an example of the care for his craft is that he changed the &quot;<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240910.Rum_Punch" title="Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard">Rum Punch</a>&quot; character to a black woman because Jackie Brown sounded black to h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29373055">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="80830273">
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun and pointless.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The novel on which Tarantino based <em>Jackie Brown</em>. I'm fascinated by his decision to change Jackie Burke, a middle-aged white woman, to Jackie Brown, a middle-aged black woman. I'm requiring my students to watch at least one of Pam Grier's blaxploitation flicks, if only to understand the significance ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3292664">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all, the character's name is Jackie Burke, not Jackie Brown.  And she is white, green-eyed, and blonde.  In the beginning, I still pictured her looking like Pam Grier, but the author repeated the fact that she is blonde (and trim and attractive) so often that I soon imagined her looking whi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51442842">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hadn't read anything by EL in a while and got this used, cheap and in good condition on my book binge in Seattle. This novel is what the Tarantino film Jackie Brown was based on and it felt comfortable in what QT used and still different enough to keep you very entertained. No one writes about cri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36294912">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't realize until I read the reviews here, after I finished the book, that the movie Jackie Brown was based on. That's one of the few Tarantino movies I haven't seen. Now I'm curious, because I thought this was just average for Elmore Leonard, even though I still think his dialogue is second to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25653430">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saw &quot;Jackie Brown&quot; and enjoyed it enough to seek out the source.  Glad I did.  The book is remarkably similar to the movie, but Leonard has a gift for dialogue and interior monologue that didn't come across as well in the film.  The next time I have complete freedom to select a beach read,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40545691">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've never seen <em>Jackie Brown</em>, but now I've read <em>Rum Punch</em> and if Tarrantino just avoided messing with the story too much, I'm sure it's a great movie. Because it's a great book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first foray into Leonard (due to my often foray into Tarantino) and I must say it was quite rewarding. Leonard's dialogue is some of the most realistic, and best, that I've read. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Elmore Leonard is one of my favorite authors. This is my favorite book of his. It was made into a great movie called Jackie Brown, directed by Quentin Tarantino. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was a little taken aback when I began to read this, because I realized that it is the movie, &quot;Jackie Brown&quot;.  It's pretty much like the movie, so I enjoyed it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book, but I much prefer the movie.  I think the dialog was greatly improved on in Jackie Brown.  The book had some good plot twists though.]]></body>
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