The Moon In The Gutter Book Cover

He is a revenge obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered.

The moon in the gutter book cover.

Putrid water in the gutter can also reflect the image of the moon said a participant at the seminar. La lune dans le caniveau is a 1983 french drama film directed by jean jacques beineix it was entered into the 1983 cannes film festival. In the rough guide to crime fiction 2007 barry forshaw cites the moon in the gutter as his representative goodis text in arguing that of all the noir novelists goodis comes the closest. With gérard depardieu nastassja kinski victoria abril bertice reading.

Yet my work requires me to go to the fair to cover book launches and conduct interviews. She is a wealthy elusive woman. Although it immediately followed beineix s big commercial success diva and featured two very big stars gérard depardieu and nastassja kinski the moon in the gutter was not well received by critics or audiences and failed. It s a short book and the plotting is a little thin.

But goodis does not flinch once in setting forth a narrative that drips with despair and utter hopelessness. Gabriel yared loretta the moon in the gutter aka la lune dans le caniveau ost france 1983. The moon in the gutter is a fantastic read if you don t mind fiction where there isn t a single character who is any better off at the end than they were at the beginning. They try hard to get together.

Directed by jean jacques beineix.