We'll Always Have Cleveland: A Memoir of a Novelist And a City | Les Roberts

We'll Always Have Cleveland: A Memoir of a Novelist And a City | Les Roberts | Eloquent, funny, and uniquely engaging tribute to Cleveland

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	We'll Always Have Cleveland: A Memoir of a Novelist And a City Les Roberts Gray & Company Publishers, 2006 - 180 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A memoir with real heart and soul.

Les Roberts has written a beautiful book and it is one that goes beyond "a memoir of a novelist and a city" as sub titled.
Every person who has the urge to be a writer should buy this book as it looks into the craft as few books or writing workshops have in the past. I do mean to infer that this is a "how to" book. It is appealing because like his Cleveland detective character, it is honest and down to Earth.

I have had the good fortune to know many authors over the years and know full well that you cannot judge the character of the author by the people who come alive in their books. However, while Les Roberts explains how he and Milan differs, there is an honesty there, a way of speaking that links the two together. It must be added that once I discovered Les Roberts I have made a point of buying all his books and can vouch that the non Cleveland ones are also excellent. I am not a big mystery fan and have not been for decades, however Les Roberts has brought me back to the genre'.

I also have to mention that I spent the first ten of my seventy years in Cleveland and have the curse, I cannot root for any other teams than the Indians and Browns. "We'll Always Have Cleveland" is a true tribute. It is a tribute more to the people than the city itself and it is not just an Ohio story. It is an American story. I was only half way through the book when I began ordering copies for friends.

Thank you for great reading, both now and in the past.

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Eloquent, funny, and uniquely engaging tribute to Cleveland

I just recommended this book to the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland ~ suggesting that they purchase the book in quantity and distribute it as a gift to visitors and convention-goers here. Mr. Roberts has written a fabulous tribute to Greater Cleveland people and places, and this memoir holds broad appeal for readers whether they're visitors, newcomers, or longtime residents.

Special note to Milan Jacovich fans ~ We'll Always Have Cleveland is filled with fascinating details about the creative processes Mr. Roberts has used to bring Milan to life on the page, the ways and reasons Milan has evolved, and what the future may hold for this beloved private investigator.

I also recommend the book to writers and students of writing for its insights into Mr. Roberts' methods as a novelist, in particular his daily regimen and dedication to the craft.

We'll Always Have Cleveland stands alone as an eloquent, funny, and engaging tribute to this city and its people.

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Les Roberts for President!

If you love Cleveland as I do (after traveling there on and off over 15 years), and if you are a devoted fan of Les Roberts' Milan Jacovich mystery novels, then you'll appreciate this book. Roberts has to be one of the rare truly honest people I've ever read (and met, once). He'd be a great President for the U.S.A. Move the capital to Cleveland, Les.

Thnigs you did and didn't know

It was great to learn the back round of Cleveland, Les Roberts, Milan Jacovich, Saxon and much more. Just when you thought you knew all there was to know, you find a small or not so small detail that makes things a little more clear and/or exciting. Les gives insight that makes all his works that much better.

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More Milan, less Les

I'm a former Clevelander and have read and enjoyed all of the Milan series. This new autobiography revealed to me that Les came here from a big pond where he was a little fish, to a little pond to become a big fish. Too much namedropping and schmoozing in these memoirs to suit me. True Clevelanders don't go this route, but Hollywood refugees do.

Let's get back to what Les does best, writing about Milan.

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