
Kirkus Reviews COOLER THAN COOL: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard by C.M. Kushins
“A welcome celebration of a writer who, word by word and page by page, earned every bit of his fame.”

“A welcome celebration of a writer who, word by word and page by page, earned every bit of his fame.”

“A strong overview of a towering crime novelist’s career, this satisfies.”

“…Somerset delivers an entirely entertaining combination of biography and political history of Victorian Britain”

“Weber’s vital and enlightening portrait will be the foundation for all future studies of ‘the jazz-loving pioneer of abstraction.'”

“Painstakingly reported and paced like a thriller, this is a must-read for anyone interested in organized crime.”

“[J]azz devotees…. will be charmed by Friedwald’s lyrical prose…, irrepressible enthusiasm, and keen eye for jazz’s rising stars. The result is a cheerful celebration of an uniquely American musical form.”

“Scrupulously detailed … rigorously researched and impressively nuanced …the definitive biography of one of modern art’s most important figures.”

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“Written with a scholarly precision that revels in the nuances of Mondrian’s remarkable life and work, Weber’s book offers an immersive, if lengthy, biographical experience for lovers of both art history and modernism.”

“In Mondrian, the monk of modernism finally gets the flesh-and-blood portrait he deserves.”