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The Mayor's Tongue. Description. Praise. The Mayor’s Tongue is a bold, vertiginous debut novel that unfolds in two complementary narratives, one following a young man and the other an old man. The young man, Eugene Brentani, is a devotee of the reclusive author and adventurer Constance Eakins, now living in Italy.
Jan 22, 2024 · Odds Against Tomorrow was set up by actor and musician Harry Belafonte and was made by his production company. Is it the first film noir with a Black protagonist? This reviewer can’t think of another that preceded it. Basing it on a novel by William P. McGivern, Belafonte hired blacklisted Abraham Polonsky to write the screenplay.
Odds Against Tomorrow, an Album by Bill Orcutt. Released 11 October 2019 on Palilalia (catalog no. PAL 056LP; Vinyl LP). Genres: American Primitivism, Americana. Rated #416 in the best albums of 2019. Featured peformers: Bill Orcutt (guitar), Chuck Johnson (mixing), James Plotkin (mastering engineer), R Orcutt (photography).
Synopsis. In New York City, David Burke, a former policeman who once served a prison sentence, asks bigoted Southern tough guy Earl Slater to rob a bank with him, promising him $50,000 in small bills if the robbery is successful. Earl is reluctant to accept Burke's proposal but feels he needs the money to support his live-in girl friend, Lorry.
Jan 1, 2013 · Nathaniel Rich is an American novelist and essayist. He is the author of Losing Earth: A Recent History, which received awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists and the American Institute of Physicists and was a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award; and the novels King Zeno, Odds Against Tomorrow, and The Mayor's Tongue.
Overview. An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare. Robert Wise. William P. McGivern. Abraham Polonsky. Nelson Gidding. Written by John Chard on September 5, 2015. An old-time crook plans a heist.
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), which stars Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, and Gloria Grahame, is written by blacklisted screenwriter Abraham Polonsky and directed by Robert Wise. The last great film noir of the black and white era it reflects the author's strong social conscience as racial conflict is portrayed as central to the ...
