Posts tagged Adaptation
Proper Adaptation: Hap and Leonard

Rarely does adaptation work well.  Most of the time you hope for the best and accept OK.  With Hap and Leonard though, Joe R Lansdale's novels live and breathe on the small screen.  This is a look at how that transfer works so well, from the eyes of a fan on a couch in leafy Surrey, a long way away from East Texas.

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The Night Manager and Signed Copy Giveaway

Sunday sees the BBC's take on John Le Carre's The Night Manager.  I love this book and to celebrate, I'm giving away a copy signed by the man himself, Le Carre, not the hotelier.  Here I talk about the book and how you can win this via the old Twitter machine.  A little note, this is one of my favourite of Le Carre's novels. 

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