Book Log 2021 #31: Touch by Elmore Leonard

A woman in Michigan is apparently cured of her blindness after being touched by a young man named Juvenal. While there are questions as to whether or not Juvenal can heal by the laying on of hands, there are those who see dollar signs or unlimited power in even the thought that he can do this. Juvenal has his own plans, and sets out to see them through while trying to avoid being taken advantage of by others.

Leonard wrote this in 1977 and it was widely rejected. He was able to bring it to press ten years later, but it's not clear if he made many changes to it. I kind of hope he didn't, as it's not a particularly good book, and the idea that it's the improved version would make me wonder how bad it was originally. 

Unless you're a completist, I'd say skip this one and pick up any book Leonard wrote in the 1990s.