Just finished Dead Calm by Charles Williams. It's a sequel to
Aground, though a much better book. The two books have a lot
in common, besides the two main characters. Because they are
so similar it seems incredible that the same two people could
have their boats stolen/hijacked twice in one year
(the two novels are set six months apart). With that said,
they are both excellent books, though much different from his
"land" books. In fact a good argument could be made for Dead
Calm being Williams' best novel. My only problem with it, was
that it delved too much into the kind of Freudian psychology
that was so popular at the time (1963).
I also watched the movie with Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and
Billy Zane. They tightened up the plot in order to squeeze it
into an hour and a half running time and traded the
psychological aspect for the suspense of a horror/slasher
thriller.
Well, eighteen down, three to go. Looks like it's shaping up
to be another Charles Williams summer. Although filmwise I'm
catching up on the Film Noir of the 40s and 50s that I missed
over the years (Gun Crazy, The Set-up, Nightmare Alley, The
Killing) instead of the 60s spy movies I watched last
summer.
Jeff
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