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This reads as admiration for compression and discipline. It suggests that the speaker values writing that leaves out anything unnecessary, and sees strength in economy rather than decoration. It lands for a writer or reader revisiting favorite work while thinking about craft, especially when trying to cut a draft down to its sharpest form.
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Books by Elmore Leonard
Up in Honey's Room
2007
Get Shorty
1990
Killshot
2003
Cuba Libre
1999
Be Cool
2000