Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Gentleman of the Hour: Don Winslow Part 1


One of the best discoveries I made last year (care of the L.A. Times Festival of Books book panel with him, Robert Crais, Jeff Parker, and Joseph Wambaugh), was reading Don Winslow for the first time. As I've said before, the transplanted New Yorker by way of Perryville, Rhode Island (and now a southern Californian and renowned chronicler of this region) is simply one hell of a writer. Starting with the fabulously titled, The Winter of Frankie Machine, in May and ending with the man's fierce opus (an epic that once started, doesn't let you go), The Power of the Dog come December, his novels helped to make 2009 quite a year for me in the literary sense.

Last night, I attended the book signing for Mr. Winslow's latest, Savages, at the wonderful indie book store, The Mystery Bookstore in Westwood Village (near the UCLA campus). And it was quite an event (the Zac Efron movie premiere going on a few doors down really couldn't compete, at least with the readers in attendance). Here are some of the photos I managed to get (with kudos and props to the entire staff at The Mystery Bookstore, see bottom image):










To be continued...

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6 comments:

  1. Pop Culture NerdJuly 21, 2010 at 12:18 PM

    Love, love, love Winslow! Great pics, Michael. I followed Linda's tweets about the event and it seemed like a great time, too. I would've liked to see CSI: Don's Bathroom. That first chapter of Savages sounds hilarious.

    Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to read the book!

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  2. le0pard13July 21, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    I'm glad you liked them. The Mystery Bookstore video'd DW's talk and will put it up on YouTube in a few days (what I heard). I recommend you watch it. It's really, really fun and interesting. The man has had one hell of a life. Thanks, Elyse.

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  3. Naomi JohnsonJuly 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM

    Great photos. I am so looking forward to the rest of the story.

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  4. le0pard13July 22, 2010 at 6:30 AM

    Thank you very much, Naomi. The next part was posted this morning.

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  5. Jen ForbusJuly 28, 2010 at 9:27 AM

    O.k., here I am late again. Yeesh! Anyway, definitely better late then never. I love these pictures!

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  6. le0pard13July 28, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    Thanks, Jen. I hope Mystery Bookstore posts their vid of the event on YouTube soon.

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