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The approach adopted by the literalists kind of rings of the concept “what does it profit a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul.” Fundamentalism ought to have going for it the simple idea that one can read and understand the “plain meaning” of scripture without resorting to symbolism or allegory. [...]

Like a great many people I have been a long time fan of Elmore Leonard. Somewhere along the line someone lent me a paperback and I was hooked. Soon I had read through his entire career including the westerns. This was before Get Shorty and other films had hit the big time (although Leonard has [...]