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I'm getting ready to read the first pulp fiction I've ever read. Pulp fiction is one of Geo's favorite genres, and Jonathan Latimer is one of his favorite authors in the genre. Geo tells me that Solomon's Vineyard is one of the best pulp novels he's ever read. So I'm looking forward to it.
After he finished it, Geo said it would make a great movie, and that he was thinking about who should star in it. I gave it a few moments, then made my inevitable suggestion: "What about Jensen?"
Geo thought for a moment then said something to the effect of, "Yeah, he'd be perfect, actually. He'd need to be a little bit older, though."
To which I replied that A) I'm sure Jensen could play a few years older/harder than he plays Dean; and B) It would take a few years to get the screenplay written and sold and financed anyway.
Not like it's ever gonna happen, but now I'm going into this book with Jensen in my head as the main character.
A little bit about the story from the preface. It was first published in England (copyright 1941), but it was considered too racy for American audiences. (Latimer was, btw, an American.) It appeared in the US under a different title in 1950, and then in a strongly expurgated version. Apparently it did not appear in the US in it's full unexpurgated form until the 1980s. The preface says that "The novel's opening paragraphs demonstrate why!"
Here's what it says on the back:
A CULT CLASSIC
Banned in America until the 1980s, this vivid portrayal of murder, violence and perverse sexuality is here published in its unexpurgated form.
Private eye Karl Craven aims to rescue a young heiress from the clutches of a weird cult. In the process he confronts crooked cops, murderous mobsters and twisted religion. Craven meets them head-on, but it looks as though he's met his nemesis in the voluptuous Princess who blackmails him into giving her the kind of love she craves.
A treat for all devotees of the screwball comedy school of mystery writing.
This should be an interesting ride. I'll let you know how it goes.
After he finished it, Geo said it would make a great movie, and that he was thinking about who should star in it. I gave it a few moments, then made my inevitable suggestion: "What about Jensen?"
Geo thought for a moment then said something to the effect of, "Yeah, he'd be perfect, actually. He'd need to be a little bit older, though."
To which I replied that A) I'm sure Jensen could play a few years older/harder than he plays Dean; and B) It would take a few years to get the screenplay written and sold and financed anyway.
Not like it's ever gonna happen, but now I'm going into this book with Jensen in my head as the main character.
A little bit about the story from the preface. It was first published in England (copyright 1941), but it was considered too racy for American audiences. (Latimer was, btw, an American.) It appeared in the US under a different title in 1950, and then in a strongly expurgated version. Apparently it did not appear in the US in it's full unexpurgated form until the 1980s. The preface says that "The novel's opening paragraphs demonstrate why!"
Here's what it says on the back:
A CULT CLASSIC
Banned in America until the 1980s, this vivid portrayal of murder, violence and perverse sexuality is here published in its unexpurgated form.
Private eye Karl Craven aims to rescue a young heiress from the clutches of a weird cult. In the process he confronts crooked cops, murderous mobsters and twisted religion. Craven meets them head-on, but it looks as though he's met his nemesis in the voluptuous Princess who blackmails him into giving her the kind of love she craves.
A treat for all devotees of the screwball comedy school of mystery writing.
This should be an interesting ride. I'll let you know how it goes.