I recently finished Duane Swierczynski's The Blonde. What a cracking good crime thriller!But this post isn't a review--you can find some good ones here, here, here, here, here, and...you get the idea--but my pitch for the gig to adapt the novel for the screen.
That adaptation is going to be the easiest screenwriting job of the year. It starts with a powerful high concept conflict; the pace is built into the story; the screenwriter will benefit from a massive CTL-C/CTL-V discount (if Duane will give up the manuscript disc) on the dialogue and not have to invent a word; and the structure of the story/movie is clearly evident.
Call me, Hollywood: I'll adapt this book for the screen...and I'll do it for scale!
My pitch is spelled out in greater detail in this Spot-on post.
--Marshal Zeringue
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