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Jules Winnfield, Marcellus Wallace, and The Wolf sit in a barber shop in Miami and while waiting for a trim, discuss Elmore Leonard’s 1993 novel Pronto that introduced the world to Deputy Federal Marshal Raylan Givens.

Jules: All I’m saying is the motherf could write, he knew how people talk and put that in his books. Real, motherf* language in his books.

Marcellus: Raylan has a speech pattern like Butch.

Jules: But Butch was from Knoxville, Raylan is from Kentucky.

Marcellus: Like it f* matters, east hillbilly land, you know what I’m saying.

Wolf: I believe what our employer is trying to explain to us, Jules, is that Leonard had a talent for making his characters speak in such a way as to be readily understandable for people in our line of work and by extension, recognizable to an audience who expect certain patterns in speech.

Jules: And the crime, was Elmore made? I mean, godd*** the man explains it like he was a part of how this goes down, he had the Italian hitmen going after Harry the bookie correctly, had Harry act like a book on the run would act and put it all together into a very page turnable package.

Wolf: I’m not aware of Harry being a part of a family, he was really just a low level player and got caught with his beak wet. So Harry gives Raylan the slip, again, and Raylan, because he’s some kind of bloodhound tracker, follows him to Italy to get him back before he gets whacked by some old country killers.

Jules: That! That right there was made this work, the dialogue between the Miami Italian who can’t find his ass with both hands and these O motherf* G bangers in old Italy. Motherf says, “I’m gonna kill the cowboy�, and these old motherf* saying, “Do it, player, he’s right there! What are you waiting for?� Ah man! I’m in. I’m motherf* in, is all I’m saying.

Marcellus: Leonard had me blocking my afternoon so I could finish his book, he knows how to tell a great story.

[phone rings and Marcellus answers]

Marcellus to Wolf: Got a job for you, Chili says he needs some help.

Jules: and now I am motherf* out!