![]() old mother of three, married to a prominent (and philandering) heart surgeon, receives a manuscript from her estranged first husband, Edward, 25 yrs. That rhetorical sigh turned out to be the hidden emphasis of this *novel in a novel.* Susan Morrow, now an English professor and a 49 yr. There's a point in the book where a comment is made, "why can't readers simply be readers and writers simply take a bow." The remark struck me as the subconscious longing of a writer very conscious of (maybe even a bit ambivalent towards) the impact of the reader on the social success of an author's work. ![]() Having seen a big chunk of the rough cut of the movie that this will finally be, I think this might be one of those rare incidents where the film might be better than the book - but back to Wright's novel, and to author Austin Wright because this is a book where the author feels very present. ![]() Originally released 1993, adapted in 2016 to film by Tom Ford,Tony & Susan is now known as Nocturnal Animals, and I think the novel is also being re-released with that same title. ![]()
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