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David Ely has 52 books on Goodreads with 1850 ratings. David Ely’s most popular book is Seconds.
Jan 22, 2013 · 4.0 141 ratings. See all formats and editions. The cult classic sci-fi thriller. What would you give up for a second chance? Antiochus Wilson is completely and utterly bored with his life, until he receives the call that changes everything.
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Jun 10, 2019 · David Ely’s Seconds (1962), a disquieting and sparse thriller, posits a near future where a shadow organization can grant the wealthy new identities via plastic surgery and staged deaths. Wielding deceptively simple prose, Ely ruminates on the existential dread of the male mid-life crisis–an undefined desire to escape, to redo, to break ...
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David Ely is the author of several novels, including Seconds (which was made into a movie starring Rock Hudson), and two acclaimed short story collections. His writing has appeared in the Atlantic, Playboy and Kenyon Review. Novels. Trot (1963) Seconds (1964) The Tour (1969) Poor Devils (1970) Walking Davis (1972) Mr. Nicholas (1974)
David Ely was born in Chicago and was educated at the University of North Carolina, Harvard, and Oxford. He is a former newspaperman and the author of seven novels as well as two collections of short stories. His novel Seconds was the basis for the 1966 Rock Hudson film of the same title.
Sep 27, 2022 · Seconds, based on the novel by David Ely, is from creator, executive producer and showrunner Mark Lafferty, who was writer/supervising producer on Halt and Catch Fire, and executive producers...
