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  <title><![CDATA[Road Dogs: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt; Legendary &lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt; bestselling author Elmore Leonard returns with three of his favorite characters: Jack Foley from &lt;i&gt;Out of Sight&lt;/i&gt;, Cundo Rey from &lt;i&gt;LaBrava&lt;/i&gt;, and Dawn Navarro from &lt;i&gt;Riding the Rap&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Jack Foley, the charming bank robber from &lt;i&gt;Out of Sight&lt;/i&gt;, is serving a thirty-year sentence in a Miami penitentiary, but he's made an unlikely friend on the inside who just might be able to do something about that. Fellow inmate Cundo Rey, an extremely wealthy Cuban criminal, arranges for Foley's sentence to be reduced from thirty years to three months, and when Jack is released just two weeks ahead of Cundo, he agrees to wait for him in Venice Beach, California. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Also waiting for Cundo is his common-law wife, Dawn Navarro, a professional psychic with a slightly ulterior motive for staying with Cundo: namely, she wants his money. And with the arrival of Jack, she sees the perfect partner in a plan to relieve Cundo of his fortune. Cundo may be Jack's friend, but does that mean he can trust him? And can either of them trust Dawn? &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Road Dogs&lt;/i&gt; is Elmore Leonard at his best&#8212;with his trademark tight plotting and pitch-perfect dialogue&#8212;and readers will love seeing Cundo, Jack, and Dawn back in action and working together . . . or are they? &lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[       I knew Elmore Leonard books.  Elmore Leonard books were friends of mine.  Road Dogs, you're no Elmore Leonard book.<br/>       Elmore Leonard is proud of starting his books with no real idea of where they're going to come out, and his varied and entertaining array of successes is proof that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61374447">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Elmore Leonard brings back three characters from previous books for an encore performance in his latest comedic foray into the criminal world. Bank robber Jack Foley (Out of Sight), and Cundo Rey (LaBrava), meet in prison and quickly become friends, referring to themselves as Road Dogs. Rey’s lawy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58319149">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Leonard, Elmore.  ROAD DOGS.  (2009).  ****.  In spite of all the blurbs, Leonard is not a “thriller” writer.  He is the master of the caper novel, and you have to realize that all of his characters in all of his stories cannot be trusted to mean or do what they say.  They are all out for themse...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57199433">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Sep 24 14:34:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[OK.  So, I picked up the latest Elmore Leonard book because he is one of my favorite authors, and I hadn't read his stuff in a while.  Yes, it's true:  You'd be hard pressed to find a better writer who such a great ear for dialogue.  Michael Chabon is the only other one who comes to mind at the mome...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72266180">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Out of Sight was one of my favorite Elmore Leonard novels (and a great movie despite having Jennifer Lopez in it) so I was really excited to hear that Jack Foley would be a character in this one along with a couple of other Leonard characters from other books, Dawn Navvaro from Riding the Rap and Cu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73616311">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59404739">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Leonard started out a great writer, and 40-some books in to his career he continues to improve, which is difficult to imagine until you read his most recent novel. He's writing literature disguised as crime fiction (or is it the other way around?), with no repetition of theme or lack of inspiration....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59404739">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was waay better than my first brush with Elmore Leonard, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/645180.Soon_I_Will_Be_Invincible" title="Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman">Pronto</a>.  For starters, the main character is charming and funny rather than tedious and unlikable, and the plot is twisty and never lags.  The protagonist here would be Jack Foley from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/288962.Out_of_Sight" title="Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard">Out of Sight</a>, the world's coolest bank-robber. While ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58367928">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Suave and debonair bank robber Jack Foley who never pulled a gun during any of his 100+ heists is finally collared and sent up the river where he meets Cundo Rey, Cuban exile, murderer and con artist. Setting Jack up with a hotshot lawyer that gets him released on a technicality, Rey tells Jack to f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57189239">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[How could I have almost made it to 46 years old without reading an Elmore Leonard novel? I've seen so many movies based on his novels or screenplays (3:10 to Yuma, Mr. Majestyk, Joe Kidd, Get Shorty), but for some reason I never cracked one of his books before.  I happened to be in Traverse City, MI...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62692644">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the 1st book by Elmore Leonard I've read.  I really enjoyed it. The characters are easy to get to know are are interesting. They have a lot of quirks and interact in interesting ways.  It is about a man, Jack Foley, who is just getting out of prision, again and has dreams of not going back i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54640282">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[    I wonder if Elmore Leonard, now at 83, looks back on his career and considers the legacy he has built through his writing. He has published over 40 novels, numerous short stories, defined a unique literary style, and provided source material for a variety of films (some not so good, some very ve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59064912">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The critics, thrilled with Leonard's latest novel, unanimously praised it as another success in a long line of groundbreaking successes. Leonard's revolutionary, minimalist style -- including his disdain for long descriptions and tedious scene setting -- sends the plot racing along on deliciou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65553744">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another very good Elmore Leonard story of low life hustlers trying to Hustle one another. As usual the dialog is crackling with the reality of the street.<br/>The book suffers in the first part set up because Leonard decided to use characters from previous books &quot;La Brava&quot; and &quot;Out o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61397874">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book started well.  Of course, it has the baggage (in a good way) of characters from previous novels, including Foley from Out of Sight, and that helps to draw you in.  After all, everyone wants to know what happens between George and J-Lo, excuse me, Jack and Karen, but Leonard gets past that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60629162">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is essentially a sequel of sorts to a number of Leonard books, but most directly to Out of Sight.  And I couldn't help but picture George Clooney playing Jack Foley again. Several Leonard characters from other books (some I haven't read) show up here. But if you haven't read them, don't worry. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59995696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I admire the old pros.  Elmore Leonard, now in his eighties, throws off an inconsequential tale with recycled characters and I loved it.  Leonard, and his cohorts Don Westlake and Lawrence Block, honed their craft in the ‘50s by writing a lot.  The result is the fabled Leonard dialogue and a style...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61184660">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Elmore Leonard hasn't hit my shelf for a while.  I used to enjoy his crooks who couldn't shoot straight.  This latest installment on the society inhabited by the scofflaws twists and turns as each character remains self absorbed.  <br/><br/>The story spins from the jail time shared by two men and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75364282">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though the actual situation is grim, and the protagonists criminals, Elmore Leonard again manages to create a story where the reader cannot help but smile at the thoughts and antics of the cast. Jack Foley, always cool and ahead of his opponents mentally and physically, is the lovable bank-robber; C...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63456331">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you read Leonard's OUT OF SIGHT (or saw the excellent film adaptation with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez), you'll want to read the sequel. As usual, the 86-year-old Leonard, still at the top his game, builds a story around a regular guy with common sense and questionable characters with quest...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70841427">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[OK, so Leonard brings back three characters from previous books but even though I've read all his other books, I only remember Jack Foley (Out of Sight). Probably helped by the movie version with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez -- wow, was it really 11 years ago that the movie came out? Anyway, no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59438420">more...</a>]]></body>
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