"What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice."
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Darryl, Be Cool (1999)
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Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard, Jr. (October 11, 1925 - August 20, 2013) was a popular and acclaimed American novelist and screenwriter.
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