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Last month I watched the Nicholas Ray adaptation with Humphrey Bogart. I didn’t like it very much tbh, so I’m very interested to see what the book will be like.
— Jan 07, 2026 10:35AM
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Much better than the movie, as books always are. (I’m just kidding, although it is better than the movie.)
— Jan 09, 2026 07:42PM
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Jan 07, 2026 12:14PM
i haven’t seen the movie adaptation but my recollection is that this novel is all about the interior. at minimum, i anticipate you’ll find it varies greatly from the movie. I found it intriguing and like Hughes’ writing. I’ll be interested to see what you think of it.
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Thanks, Carol. I read a lot of reviews after finishing the movie and apparently it’s a completely different story with the same names. In the movie Dix is a screenwriter—who, funnily enough, at the start of the movie, talks openly about how he doesn’t intend to read the book he’s adapting. And he’s not a killer. Just a guy with a fiery temper.
