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Brian Garfield

Born

in New York City, The United States

April 24, 1939

Died

December 29, 2018

Website

http://www.briangarfield.net/

Genre

Espionage, Thriller, Western

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Brian Francis Wynne Garfield was a novelist and screenwriter. He wrote his first published book at the age of eighteen, and gained prominence with 1975 his book Hopscotch, which won the Edgar Award for Best Novel. He is best known for his 1972 novel Death Wish, which was adapted for the 1974 film of the same title, followed by four sequels, and a remake starring Bruce Willis.

His follow-up 1975 sequel to Death Wish, Death Sentence, was very loosely adapted into a film of the same name which was released to theaters in late 2007, though an entirely different storyline, but with the novel's same look on vigilantism. Garfield is also the author of The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians, which was a finalist for the Pul ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 6,447 ratings · 684 reviews · 105 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death Wish (Paul Benjamin, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 1,903 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Sentence 3.81 avg rating — 947 ratings — published 1975 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hopscotch 3.96 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 1967 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians 4.21 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 1969 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Paladin 3.92 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 1980 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Times 4.29 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1978 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Hard Men 4.18 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recoil 3.67 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1977 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kolchak's Gold 3.63 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1973 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Relentless 4.07 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1972 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Paul Benjamin (2 books)
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Sam Watchman (2 books)
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Brian Wynne (Pseudonym)

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Fort Dragoon (2 books)
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The Lawbringers (5 books)
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“Living is something most of us postpone, isn't it? We sell the present for a chance at a future where we may do our living when we're old and we've lost the talent for it.”
― Brian Garfield, Hopscotch

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“Everybody lived like a character in a one-act play that nobody understood; getting by from one moment to the next was like trying to hold on to your hat in a gusty wind.”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

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“You’ve been there before?” “Twenty-odd years ago on the U-2 program.” Ross was intrigued; he’s still a collegiate at heart — young enough to be eager-beaverish. “What’s it like up there?” “The end of the world.”
― Brian Garfield, Checkpoint Charlie: Stories

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