Bloomfield's Elmore Leonard Includes Birmingham in 3-City Tour for 'Raylan'
Author shows hometown loyalty with Jan. 19 library event between L.A. and N.Y. events.
A deeply rooted sense of place is among the elements that make Elmore Leonard novels so vivid, whether his setting is Oakland County or Harlan County, KY. His appreciation of roots also shows in a newly announced tour schedule to promote Raylan, being published Jan. 17. After a public appearance that day in Beverly Hills, CA, the 86-year-old writer flies home for a Jan. 19 reading at Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham. The 7 p.m. event is a father-and-son reunion also featuring Peter Leonard, a Birmingham resident who'll read from Voices of the Dead, his fourth book. Both volumes can be pre-ordered from Book Beat, an Oak Park shop that will have copies for sale at the Birmingham presentation. New York City readings Jan. 24-25 are the …
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