Mr. Paradise (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Elmore Leonard
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 2004
- Setting: Detroit
- Principal Characters: Frank Delsa, Kelly Barr, Chloe Robinette, Anthony Paradiso, Montez Taylor, Lloyd Williams, Sergeant Jackie Michaels, Jerome Juwan Jackson (Three-J), Avern Cohn, Carl Fontana, Art Krupa
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Sex or sexuality, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Police, Prostitution or prostitutes, Violence, Detectives, Assassination, Domestic work or workers, Servants, 2000’s
- Locales: Detroit, MI
Elmore Leonard was born in Louisiana but grew up in Detroit and still lives in the Detroit area. He has set several of his novels in Florida, Cuba, California, and Mississippi, but in this book he returns to crime-ridden, ethnically diverse Detroit with gusto. Many of his characters are African American, and Leonard delights and excels in mimicking the unique, sometimes poetic brand of English spoken by his underprivileged but resourceful, defiant, and intrepid black characters. He might almost be called a modern-day Mark Twain.
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