Sentences with phrase «private eye novel»

Advance praise for Don't Talk to Strangers «An explosive read... Amanda Kyle Williams sets the classic private eye novel on fire.»

Television gave us Tracey Steele and Tom Lopaka in «Hawaiian Eye,» and Thomas Magnum in «Magnum, P.I.» The list of Hawaiian private eye novel series begins and ends with Charles Kneif's John Caine.

Inherent Vice (Warner, Blu - ray, DVD, Digital HD), Paul Thomas Anderson's loopy take on Thomas Pynchon's dope - infused private eye novel, earned Anderson an Oscar nomination for his ingenious screenplay adaptation and critical raves for the rich pageant of eccentrics and oddballs bouncing through 1970 Los Angeles with a post-sixties hangover.

This Dame for Hire, by Sandra Scoppettone, was one of the most original if not the most original private eye novels of 2005.

Not exact matches

Near the end of Find a Victim, Ross Macdonald's 1954 novel of murder and hijacking in a small California town, private eye Lew Archer suggests to the district attorney that the local sheriff may be the culprit.

The Ross Macdonald Collection: 11 Classic Lew Archer Novelsby ross macdonaldedited by tom nolanlibrary of america, 3 volumes, 2618 pages, $ 112.50 Near the end of Find a Victim, Ross Macdonald's 1954 novel of murder and hijacking in a small California town, private eye Lew Archer suggests to....

Adapted from author Kate Brian's best - selling series of novels, Private follows wide - eyed college freshman Reed Brennan during her first semester at Easton Academy, an esteemed private college where nothing is as itPrivate follows wide - eyed college freshman Reed Brennan during her first semester at Easton Academy, an esteemed private college where nothing is as itprivate college where nothing is as it seems.

Based on Jonathan Lethem's novel, the film takes place in 1950s New Tork and follows «a Tourette Syndrome affected private eye Lionel Essrog (Norton) witnesses the murder of his only friend and mentor, by shadowy thugs.

Based on Jonathan Lethem's novel, the film takes place in 1950s New Tork and follows «a Tourette Syndrome affected private eye Lionel Essrog (Norton) witnesses the murder of his only -LSB-...]

Adapted from Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel, the film follows private eye Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix), whose life is disrupted by the appearance of his ex-old lady from out of nowhere.

Even if you haven't read the novel, how can Joaquin Phoenix as a fuzzy - synapsed L.A. private eye, barely able to get off his couch to chase down clues, go wrong?

Crooked House (PG - 13 for sexuality and mature themes) Adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic crime novel of the same name about a private eye (Max Irons) hired by an ex-lover (Stefanie Martini) to investigate the mysterious murder of her wealthy grandfather (Gino Picciano).

Film - maker Paul Thomas Anderson talks about Inherent Vice, his new nostalgia noir based on a Thomas Pynchon novel, in which a stoned private eye hits the trail of his ex, and leads a homage to 70s California

Dashiell Hammett's supreme hard - boiled detective novel, with Humphrey Bogart as private eye Sam Spade, and an unbeatable supporting cast that includes femme fatale Mary Astor, genial fat man Sydney Greenstreet, perfumed crook Peter Lorre, patsy Elisha Cook Jr., and tough cops Ward Bond and Barton MacLane — all turned by writer - director John Huston into «the stuff that dreams are made of.»

Alan Parker wrote and directed «Angel Heart» based on a novel by William Hjortsberg, with Rourke as a New York private eye plunged into his own personal hell while pursuing a case in New Orleans.

INHERENT VICE Paul Thomas Anderson did the script and directed this adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel about a sky - high LA private eye, circa 1970.

Based on the novel by Fred Zackel, made for NBC by O.J.'s production house, Cocaine and Blue Eyes marks an attempt at a modern noir private investigator flick, complete with voice over narration, damsels in distress, and dialogue that wouldn't sound foreign if Humphrey Bogart had said them 50 years before.

In May of this year he'll release his first self - published novel since 2011, Pulped, which uses Simeon Grist, the private - eye hero of his six - book series in the 1990s, to explore what a fictional detective does when he discovers that the life he thought he's been leaving is actually the product of someone else's imagination.

Like Haruki Murakami in Hard - Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1991), Chabon plays with the conventions of the Chandlerian private - eye novel, but that's only one ingredient in an epic - scale alternate - history saga of Jewish life since World War II.

Drawing on the conventions of the Chandlerian private - eye novel, Chabon creates an epic - scale alternate history in which Alaska, not Israel, is the embattled Jewish homeland.

A moody tale that combines the intrigue and atmosphere of a Raymond Chandler novel or Humphrey Bogart film with classic point - and - click adventure gameplay, Face Noir follows private eye Jack Del Nero as he's falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his protection.

This is a case involving a private eye, a «rat,» allegations of extortion and obstruction of justice — very much the stuff of detective novels.