It depends who you ask ...
Working on a screenplay proposal again ... here's my elevator pitch:
All is quiet in an American holiday resort, when a Mr Big organised crimelord shows up in town. Only Tom, the hero, sees through him as he starts to buy the affection of the townspeople with free drinks and crazy parties. Soon, Tom realises that this man is stalking his wife, out of a creepy obsession with her that goes back to her childhood! There is a dramatic confrontation that ends with the gangster dead, and everyone realising that only Tom was right in seeing what a dangerous fraud he was.
I know, pretty cliched. I've got a pretty good working title though - "The Great Gatsby".
Anyone who wants this post in printed form can buy "The Book Club Bible" by Michael O'Mara publishers, because I put it in there too.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, 99% of literary criticism on The Great Gatsby is totally out of touch with reality. The man's an asshole! He's a self-pitying crook who throws his money around. That's why nobody likes him.
"Oh, poor Gatsby, he could never join their exclusive club". Of course he couldn't! His only reason for wanting to join was to have sex with the wife of one of the members! Seriously, if a criminal ex-boyfriend of my wife starts paying social calls on me, just see how standoffish and socially exclusive I become. And I bet any professor of English literature would act the same.
Jay Gatsby: bastard.
I see you've reached the 'talking to yourself using a variety of names' stage.
ReplyDeleteBut there were great glasses next to the road. And a lighthouse. They told me those made it a great book.
ReplyDeleteoh that boat sailed long ago - talking to myself is practically the purpose of the blog now that I've alienated all the readers.
ReplyDeletehttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2010/04/liam-foxs-atlantic-bridge-referred-to-us-tax-authorities-by-charity-commission/
ReplyDeleteBB> I presume you've seen this rather Ronseal link?
I had not! thank you very much indeed!
ReplyDeleteEric Rauchway has a forthcoming novel (a try at an American Flashman series) with Tom Buchanan as the anti-hero, working on behalf of capitalism and the American empire in various shady Central American revolutions.
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