Taking into account William Denton's helpful reminder that we
should be concentrating on the literary sources of film noir,
noting Steven Gerlach's request for suggestions for a DVD
buying spree and Charles Ardai's earlier request for noir
reprints, I would just say the word DETOUR.
According to Lee Server's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PULP FICTION
WRITERS, Martin M Goldsmith adapted his own novel for the
screen. The New York Times reviewed the book on its
publication: 'nothing but defeat and frustration and complex
confusion of double crossing among a set of characters who
are as unsavory a lot of scum as ever drifted into the pages
of a latter-day thriller'. Don't they sound like our kind of
people?
Server goes on trace the origins of the novel to Goldsmith's
own experiences driving cross-country with a bunch of
out-of-work Broadway actors. I can locate but one copy on the
internet at a four figure dollar price, so, given the film's
cult status, wouldn't it be worth someone's time to reissue
the book? Just don't ask me to locate Goldsmith's
estate...
Nigel
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