Harlan Coben schreibt einen neuen Myron-Bolitar-Roman. „Long Lost“ heißt das für den 31. März 2009 angekündigte Werk. Kurzentschlossene Hardcore-Fans können Coben am 30. September in New York erleben. Dann liest er einige Ausschnitte aus dem erstmals in der ersten Person erzählten Bolitar-Roman.
Bei uns wird 2009 sein jüngstes Einzelwerk „Hold Tight“ erscheinen.
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Larry Beinhart („Wag the Dog“) beantwortet einige Fragen zu seinem neuen Krimi „Salvation Boulevard“:
To date, what moment in your career has made you happiest?
Publication of my first book. I felt like my ticket to park in the parking lot of life had finally been stamped.
What question do you get asked about your writing most often?
Did I get to meet Dustin Hoffman and Robert DeNiro [during the making of Wag the Dog.] The answer is no.
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Scott Timberg schreibt in der Los Angeles Times über Michael Dibdin:
Despite their prevailing noirish tone, the books are anything but joyless. Indeed, they range from the deeply grim to the comic.
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Robert B. Parker schreibt über den nach seinem gleichnamigen Western entstandenen Film „Appaloosa“:
I had no part in the movie other than to sell them my book. But I promise you, you will like it. It is a magnificent film. Check the court room scene for Daniel T. Parker, as the lawyer. If you liked the book you will love the movie. If you hated the book. . . why the hell are you reading my blog?
Die New York Times (A. O. Scott) schreibt über den Western:
There is no shortage of killing — it’s a large part of how Virgil Cole, Mr. Harris’s character, makes his living — but “Appaloosa” works best as a cunning, understated sex comedy. (…) The movie’s tolerant, good-humored view of its characters drains it of some dramatic intensity, but Mr. Harris seems more interested in piquant, offhand moments than in big, straining confrontations. (…) It’s not a great western, and, as I’ve suggested, it doesn’t really try to be. Some potentially interesting political themes — about what it means for a polity to privatize its apparatus of justice and security, about the relationship between righteousness and force — are left for other, more earnest pictures to explore. This one shows a square jaw and a steely gaze, but also a smile and a wink.
Der Trailer sieht gut aus – und ich würde den Film, der angenehm altmodische Unterhaltung mit guten Dialogen zu sein scheint, gerne auf der großen Leinwand sehen.
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