Rex Pickett Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Rex Pickett

@RickBleiweiss Good books stand the test of time b/c time is the harshest critic. Jane Campion's new movie, "The Power of the Dog," is based on a novel published in 1967 that sold less than 1,000 copies. I hope Thomas Savage is smiling from somewhere on high. I hope we get to smile here & now.

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On #WorldBookDay, please consider ordering a copy of my #Gellhorn book, YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS, the one Margaret Atwood said made her feel she *knew* the writer personally. The #audiobook is read for you by the sublime @EllenBarkin: https://penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/679091/yours-for-probably-always/… @PRHAudio

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@JanetMaslin @akstanwyck @hbomax Thanks for the tip; I'm not even going to try the reboot of Dune; I'm going to stick with my short stories by Mariana Enriquez, and then nod off to Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain. Life is too short. Kill streaming before it kills you.

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@JLisaJay I recommend J.G. Ballard's "The Drowned World."

Rex Pickett

On #WorldBookDay, please consider ordering a copy of my #Gellhorn book, YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS, the one Margaret Atwood said made her feel she *knew* the writer personally. The #audiobook is read for you by the sublime @EllenBarkin: https://penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/679091/yours-for-probably-always/… @PRHAudio

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@SeptimusBrown Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro wrote the first draft of his legacy work "The Remains of the Day" in 30 days. Tolstoy spent 15 years writing "War and Peace."

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@Gennefer In John Gregory Dunne's brilliant, but now dated, book, "Monster," he was talking about the industry's attitude toward screenwriters and he wrote: "Everyone in Hollywood thinks they can write a screenplay ... if only they had the time." Their arrogance and derogation in one.

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@ericarhodes It's the "canon," but a great list, if a tad dated. Try Julian Barnes's "Levels of Life."

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Kind of cool to be on a list with Evelyn Waugh, Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming. My Miles Raymond character (Paul Giamatti) in "Sideways" couldn't be anymore opposite than James Bond. https://t.co/knME1daNk9

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If you're not too cued up, check out @arthur_s_okeefe 's new book "The Spirit Phone," a phantasmagorical ride in historical fiction. https://t.co/D585xktteI