Richard Bradford
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Hailed as "a sort of Catcher in the Rye out West," this classic coming-of-age story set during World War II is "a true delight" (Washington Post Book World).
In the summer of 1944, Frank Arnold, a wealthy shipbuilder in Mobile, Alabama, receives his volunteer commission in the U.S. Navy and moves his wife, Ann, and seventeen-year-old son, Josh, to the family's summer home in the village of Corazon Sagrado, high in the New...
In the summer of 1944, Frank Arnold, a wealthy shipbuilder in Mobile, Alabama, receives his volunteer commission in the U.S. Navy and moves his wife, Ann, and seventeen-year-old son, Josh, to the family's summer home in the village of Corazon Sagrado, high in the New...
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NOMINATED FOR THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD, 2022.
'My New Year's Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle – may they never give me peace' – Patricia Highsmith (New Year's Eve, 1947).
Made famous by the great success of her psychological thrillers, The Talented Mr Ripley and Strangers on...
'My New Year's Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle – may they never give me peace' – Patricia Highsmith (New Year's Eve, 1947).
Made famous by the great success of her psychological thrillers, The Talented Mr Ripley and Strangers on...
4) The chase
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The moral foundation of a small Texas town is torn apart in this explosive drama about power and greed. When a convict (Robert Redford) escapes from prison and is reported to be heading towards his hometown, the news evokes various reactions from many of the town's residents. The sheriff (Marlon Brando) must find the fugitive before a drunken and bloodthirsty mob does.
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"When local rich kid Hubie Pyatt (Barry Tubb) steals and wrecks Binx Davy's (Christian Slater) beloved motor scooter, Binx's older sister, Billie Jean (Helen Slater), demands the $608 it costs to fix it. When Binx shoots Mr. Pyatt (Richard Bradford) by accident, he and Billie Jean flee town accompanied by Billie Jean's girlfriends, Ophelia (Martha Gehman) and Putter (Yeardley Smith). They become fugitives and when they pick up a very willing hostage,...