Drive (eBook)

The book that inspired the major film starring Ryan Gosling

James Sallis (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
192 Seiten
No Exit Press (Verlag)
978-1-84243-530-4 (ISBN)

Infos

'I drive. That's what I do. All I do.' 'Much later, as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix, watching the pool of blood lap toward him, Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still, of course, there'd be no doubt. But for now Driver is, as they say, in the moment. And the moment includes this blood lapping toward him, the pressure of dawn's late light at windows and door, traffic sounds from the interstate nearby, the sound of someone weeping in the next room....' Thus begins Drive, a new novella by James Sallis. Set mostly in Arizona and L.A., the story is, according to Sallis, '...about a guy who does stunt driving for movies by day and drives for criminals at night. In classic noir fashion, he is double-crossed and, though before he has never participated in the violence ('I drive. That's all.'), he goes after the ones who doublecrossed and tried to kill him.'

James Sallis has published sixteen novels, multiple collections of short stories, essays, and poems, books of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. He has written about books for the LA Times, New York Times, and Washington Post, and for some years served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe. He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Littérature policière.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.5.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: american crime • Arizona • books that became films • books that inspired films • books that inspired movies • Cannes Film Festival • Carey Mulligan • classic american noir • classic movies • cult movies • Drive • Driver • james sallis books • LA • Murder • Noir novels • Phoenix • Police • Ryan Gosling • ryan gosling films • willnot
• ISBN-10: 1-84243-530-2 / 1842435302
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84243-530-4 / 9781842435304