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Hot Plastic
Le jeune Kevin a perdu sa mère à douze ans et il vit désormais avec son père Jerry, escroc professionnel. L'éducation paternelle peu orthodoxe ayant porté ses fruits, Kevin est devenu lui aussi une sorte d'expert dans l'art d'abuser autrui. C'est ainsi que le duo va de ville en ville, de motel douteux en chambre miteuse, toujours en quête du gros coup. Peter Craig s'aventure sur des territoires thompsoniens, avec une écriture tout à fait contemporaine, rapide, inventive, en particulier dans les dialogues. Il évite cependant tout effet branché grâce à son talent pour faire vivre ses personnages et à sa maîtrise stylistique. Oeuvre très personnelle qui explore les relations amoureuses et les liens familiaux dans l'Amérique contemporaine - les rapports père/fils sont remarquablement traités-
464 pages, Pocket Book
Published October 4, 2006
About the author
Peter Craig
30 books22 followersPeter Craig is an American novelist and screenwriter.
Craig grew up in Southern California and Oregon. He is the son of actress Sally Field and Steve Craig. He has two daughters from his first marriage, to poet and food writer Amy Scattergood. He was remarried in 2008 to Jennifer DeFrancisco, with whom he has a son.
Craig's first novel, The Martini Shot, published in 1998, chronicles has-been action film star Charlie West's troubled relationship with his two children. His second novel, Hot Plastic, published in 2004, portrays the complex relationship between credit card con artist Jerry Swift and his genius son, both of whom are attracted to the same woman. His most recent novel, Blood Father, published in 2005, tells of aging biker John Link and his teenage daughter, caught up in a drug bust gone wrong.
As a screenwriter, Craig has written the Warner Bros. picture The Town with Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard. He adapted the screenplays for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 with Danny Strong.
Craig grew up in Southern California and Oregon. He is the son of actress Sally Field and Steve Craig. He has two daughters from his first marriage, to poet and food writer Amy Scattergood. He was remarried in 2008 to Jennifer DeFrancisco, with whom he has a son.
Craig's first novel, The Martini Shot, published in 1998, chronicles has-been action film star Charlie West's troubled relationship with his two children. His second novel, Hot Plastic, published in 2004, portrays the complex relationship between credit card con artist Jerry Swift and his genius son, both of whom are attracted to the same woman. His most recent novel, Blood Father, published in 2005, tells of aging biker John Link and his teenage daughter, caught up in a drug bust gone wrong.
As a screenwriter, Craig has written the Warner Bros. picture The Town with Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard. He adapted the screenplays for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 with Danny Strong.
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