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FICTION

364 Pages, 6 x 9.25

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

Trade Paper, $19.99 (US $19.99) (CA $19.99)

Publication Date: January 2014

ISBN 9781922089243

Rights: US, CA, ZA, SAM & CAR

Fremantle Press (Jan 2014)

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Overview

Brimming with cinematic references, this collection of short fiction ably combines humor with pulsating action. Readers will be able to celebrate the celluloid as they read their way through novellas that evoke a noir film, a romantic farce, a comedy heist, a thriller, and a classic road movie. The book also includes an introduction on how to adapt film scripts to stories. Cinephiles and lovers of crime fiction alike will be utterly drawn in by these unforgettable characters and stories.

Reviews

"This is a fun, readable collection, recommended for film buffs and crime readers alike. Four stars."  —Bookseller+Publisher magazine


"After the fashion of the best crime novelists, screenwriter Elliott adopts a plain, quietly witty style with lots of dialogue, establishing his characters with expert brushstrokes and making the action gallop along."  —Kerryn Goldsworthy, winner, 2013 Pascall Prize for Australian Critic of the Year


"Now Showing is quick, punchy, and pulls you from page to page like a series of explosions."  —Readings Monthly newsletter

"With the whip-crack tenacity of a Raymond Chandler novel, we are pushed right into the heart of the action and emerge breathless and bloodied. Hop into the driver’s seat alongside a cast of drifters, psychotics and hapless losers."  —Reg Cribb, playwright, screenwriter, and actor

Author Biography

Ron Elliott is a director, a scriptwriter, and a lecturer in film and television at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. He is the author of the novel Spinner and the director of the feature film Justice and has written for numerous Australian television programs for adults and children.