"Unassigned Territory" was a complete mystery to me. A sort
of perverse
combination of "Serenade" and "Wise Blood." Unfortunately, I
found it to
be a bit prolix for my taste.
Nunn, as a Calif. native, can really write about the terrain.
"Pomona
Queen," (described on the jacket as the "long night of the
soul of a
vaccuum cleaner salesman) paints a portrait the idyllic
farmland that
exists underneath all the decadence and sprawl in the Pomona
Valley. A
strange, yet strangely moving, book.
I loved "The Dogs Of Winter," which is a Northern California,
surf-based
"Heart Of Darkness." There's some fantastic plotting and
atmosphere in
it, I was very impressed. I thought it would make a great
movie, but as
of now it remains unsold to Hollywood. Something about
"unsympathetic
characters." Go figure. Read it for yourself.
BTW, Kem Nunn is tight with John McNaughton, of
"Henry:Portrait of a
Serial Killer," fame. "Pomona Queen" is one of his projects.
Nunn also
did an uncredited rewrite on "Wild Things," the director's
most recent
picture.
Dave
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