Etienne Borgers (freeweb@rocketmail.com)
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 01:26:57 -0800 (PST)
--- james.doherty@gsa.gov
wrote:
>
> Re Doug Bassett's question:
>
> Richard Neely was a thriller writer in
the
> early '70s. He got
> at least two Edgar nominations, but I
can't
> remember for what
> titles. One was a *Manchurian
> Candidate*-like political
> thriller about a decent guy brainwashed to
be
> an assassin; th
> other was a novel about a serial rapist.
I
> don't know anything
> about him personally.
This writer published his first novel in 1969. The Edgar
nomination I could find back was: A Madness of the Heart-
1977 The latest novel I could spot is: Lies- 1978, this does
not mean that he didn't produce after this period (?).
I remember that during the early '70s he was considered as a
writer with very dark plots, characters close to neurotic and
Femmes Fatales of the most dangerous kind.
Two of his books were adapted to film:
- Les Innocents aux Mains Sales- by Claude Chabrol
(1975), from his book 'The Damned Innocents' (1971)
- Shattered - by Wolfgang Petersen (1990), from his book 'The
Plastic Nightmare' (1970)
Hope this helps. I do not have other details about this
author, and I red only one of his books (log time ago).
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