Sentences with phrase «gumshoe novel»

Paul Thomas Anderson will shoot this adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's stoner gumshoe novel this fall.

In adapting Thomas Pynchon's rambling, drug - fried gumshoe novel set in 1970 Los Angeles, Anderson has returned to the funkier ensemble rhythms of his breakthrough, Boogie Nights, but wrapped them in the audacious style of The Master.

Not exact matches

The opening chapters are written in a style which is redolent of the old gumshoe detectives (Mike Hammer et al.) which adds to the humor, however that style disappears as the novel unfolds, which is a shame.

Thomas Perry is the author of the Jane Whitefield series as well as the best - selling novels Nightlife, Death Benefits, and Pursuit, the first recipient of the Gumshoe Award for Best Novel.

Rome at that time seemed an ideal alternative to the big metropolitan settings of so may «gumshoe» novels - a huge, dangerous, colourful city that saw itself as the centre of the world.