Mark Greaney's "The Gray Man," the movie

Now showing at My Book, The Movie: The Gray Man by Mark Greaney.

The entry begins:

The Gray Man has been optioned for film by a Hollywood/London studio partnership, so I am constantly asked who I see in a big screen adaptation of my book. Consequently I’ve had time to consider this, though as far as I understand these convoluted film contracts, they could make my hard edge thriller into an animated film or a Bollywood dance spectacular, or they could populate the roles with cats or Claymation characters if they chose to do so. I have no say in the matter… but if I did?

The hero, Court Gentry, is the Gray Man. He travels the world in a low profile manner; he’s the guy that sat on the bench next to you at the train station who you never noticed, the man on the street that no one remembers one second after he passes. But both mentally and physically he is a coiled spring of potential energy, ready to go into action if the need arises. I like...[read on]

Read an excerpt from The Gray Man, and learn more about the book and author at Mark Greaney's website and blog.

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My Book, The Movie: The Gray Man.

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