Dennis Haritou: I have seen a big spike in support for David Benioff’s novel this week, both from big guys and a diverse selection of independent accounts. It impresses me since it’s rather late in the game for this to happen. I suppose that David is focused more these days on writing his very successful screenplays, like Troy, Kite Runner, and 25th Hour among others, then on writing novels. But I wanted to assure him and his publisher, Penguin USA, that if he was planning on writing another novel, I am sure it would be very well received. I asked JR about this. His quote is below:
“City of Thieves is a great seller, but at this point I wonder if it will make the Times list. Viking should be happy with the sales. This is Benioff’s first novel with them, as The 25th Hour was published by Carroll & Graf, way back when, at the time it was critically praised by Ms. Kakutani, and turned into a fantastic movie, which was followed by his short story collection, When The Nines Roll Over, which struggled to find a wider audience upon it’s release, and sadly went overlooked.”
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