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Eve's Men
Angry over the movie being made about his past, Brian goes on a nationwide destruction spree, dragging his girlfriend Eve along, while his brother Charley, unsure if he wants to help Brian or Eve, tries to catch him before it is too late
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First published January 1, 1998
About the author
Newton Thornburg
16 books43 followersBorn in Harvey, Illinois, Thornburg graduated from the University of Iowa with a Fine Arts degree. He worked in a variety of jobs before devoting himself to writing full-time (or at least in tandem with his cattle farm in the Ozarks) in 1973.
His 1976 novel Cutter and Bone was filmed in 1981 as Cutter's Way. The New York Times called Cutter and Bone "the best novel of its kind for ten years." Another novel-to film Beautiful Kate was filmed in Australia in 2009 and starred Bryan Brown and Ben Mendelsohn. It was directed by Rachel Ward, who is Bryan Brown's real-life wife.
Thornburg died on May 9, 2011, a few days shy of his 82nd birthday.
His 1976 novel Cutter and Bone was filmed in 1981 as Cutter's Way. The New York Times called Cutter and Bone "the best novel of its kind for ten years." Another novel-to film Beautiful Kate was filmed in Australia in 2009 and starred Bryan Brown and Ben Mendelsohn. It was directed by Rachel Ward, who is Bryan Brown's real-life wife.
Thornburg died on May 9, 2011, a few days shy of his 82nd birthday.
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January 9, 2020
Absolutely terrific novel. At the heart of the book is a story of sibling rivalry. One is a charming rogue with no career or family, but a knack for using his looks and his appeal to his advantage. Seemingly no one is immune to Brian's charms, not music stars, not country farmers, not Eve, who knows what Brian is and can never seem to say no, and not his big brother Charley whose taken over the family business and has a house, a career, and a marriage. When Brian is in trouble, Charley is always running to bail his brother out. While in the surface, Charley has got it all, a part of him follows his brother, wanting the excitement, the drama, the absolute perfection of Eve, Brian's latest fling.
The story though is more than just sibling rivalry. It, like any good noir, is about a descent into a whirlpool of crap one step at a time. It's not enough to just bail Brian out of jail after his latest arson, but Charley finds himself too sinking into this maelstrom of crap and on the run from the FBI with no good explanation for what he's up to with Brian and Eve. As Charley proceeds, you wonder how different he really is from Brian, stripping away layer after layer of his old life.
There's a story here too about fame and about chasing your fifteen minutes of fame and how the news doesn't always get the whole story. There's a theme about washed up Hollywood actors and actresses and the jaded end many of them find, trying to drown out their hopes and dreams.
Overall, Thornburgh gives us a really great novel, one they is really worth picking up. At times, poetic, but mainly straight-ahead storytelling
The story though is more than just sibling rivalry. It, like any good noir, is about a descent into a whirlpool of crap one step at a time. It's not enough to just bail Brian out of jail after his latest arson, but Charley finds himself too sinking into this maelstrom of crap and on the run from the FBI with no good explanation for what he's up to with Brian and Eve. As Charley proceeds, you wonder how different he really is from Brian, stripping away layer after layer of his old life.
There's a story here too about fame and about chasing your fifteen minutes of fame and how the news doesn't always get the whole story. There's a theme about washed up Hollywood actors and actresses and the jaded end many of them find, trying to drown out their hopes and dreams.
Overall, Thornburgh gives us a really great novel, one they is really worth picking up. At times, poetic, but mainly straight-ahead storytelling
May 10, 2017
Not on the level of CUTTER or TO DIE IN CALIFORNIA; few books are. But an undoubtedly entertaining, not overly dark Hollywood noir with a few more dimensions than you might expect at the outset.
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