Kazuo Ishiguro Takes The Prize
That’s right. The Nagasaki-born British author of The Remains of the Day received this year’s Nobel prize in literature, and I doubt Kazuo Ishiguro will be a Bob Dylan about it. The Guardian called Ishiguro “a surprise choice” with names like Margaret Atwood, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Haruki Murakami leading the odds. But the Swedish Academy had high praise for the writer’s work, saying his novels have “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.”
Bestselling Novel Sweetbitter Is Coming To The Small Screen
What’s that? A television adaptation of a book about the world of fine dining? Hedonism, you say? Sign me up! Starz greenlighted Stephanie Danler’s bestselling debut novel, Sweetbitter, which follows 20-something Tess as she comes of age in New York City. There, she gets a job as a backwaiter at a high-end restaurant and excitement (and, presumably, bad decisions) ensues. Let the dream casting begin.
Saladin Ahmed To Write ’70s Supernatural Crime Noir Comic
It’s comics industry announcement time with New York Comic Con happening this week, and BOOM! Studios gave us the news that Hugo-nominated writer Saladin Ahmed will work on an original comic series with artist Sami Kivelä. The series, Abbott, will feature a hard-boiled black reporter for a tabloid rag. When she happens upon a string of murders that bear an uncanny resemblance to the murder of her husband, she begins an investigation that launches her into a world of danger. Abbott will launch in January 2018.
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