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Walter Tevis straddled the science fiction and mainstream worlds. His acclaimed first novel, The Hustler, which delved into the world of pool sharks and was published in 1959, was turned into an even more acclaimed film two years later starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. His second novel, 1963’s science fiction gem The Man Who Fell to Earth, became a cult classic and a 1976 film by British auteur Nicolas Roeg (Don’t Look Now) featuring rock star David Bowie.
Sinopsis Un empleado enamorado de una compañera del trabajo, presencia su asesinato. Sin saber muy bien qué hacer, va a un bar a emborracharse. Poco tiempo después, una tormenta eléctrica le provoca un shock, a las 12:01, y a partir de ahí todo se repetirá una y otra vez, como en un bucle infinito. Si crees que puedes ayudarnos a completar la información mostrada en esta ficha, por favor, ponte en contacto con nosotros.
Jack Starkey, a Chicago cop who has retired to Florida, is the inspiration for a fictional cop, Jack Stoney, in William Wells’s Detective Fiction. After a long career in media—newspaperman, radio broadcaster, speechwriter—what impelled you to become a novelist? I always thought of myself as a novelist and that those other things were day jobs. Over the years I started and stopped a number of books. Three years ago I decided it was time to either finish a book or stop thinking of myself as an author.
Does your work as a television writer and producer have an impact on your novel writing? Completely. My screen work has had a direct influence on my prose style. I write very short visual chapters that feel like scenes from a TV show—people often say my novels read like prose screenplays. Also, like most TV producers and writers, I think in multiples—Eeny Meeny was always intended to be the first in a long line of DI Helen Grace stories. Which do you prefer, and what are your reasons?
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