I would start at the beginning with his first book the
collection FACING THE MUSIC.
I was up at 3a.m. early Thanksgiving morning, cooking and
watching the Independent Film Channel and up popped the Larry
Brown-based 2002 movie "Big Bad Love." I had never heard of
this movie but it was quite good, moving from the realistic
to dream sequences. There are scenes that are funny and
others painfully real. The autobiographical lead character
slaves away at manual labor while writing and collecting
rejection slips, brawling in bars, and dealing with his
ex-wife, two kids and worried mother. Arliss Howard starred,
directed and co-wrote the movie, which co-starred Debra
Winger, who also produced the movie. The cast also includes
Angie Dickinson, Paul LaMat, Rosanna Arquette and Michael
Parks. I had missed the credits and each one came as a fresh
surprise.
A few hours after seeing the movie I was at a Thanksgiving
celebration when a friend asked me if I had seen the obit of
the southern novelist in that morning's paper. I hadn't and
he couldn't recall the name. Then I began to talk about the
movie and mentioned the Larry Brown basis and my friend
snapped his finger and said "That's who died." Everyone has
had that sort of coincidence happen to them but it always
feels a bit strange when it does.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@w... wrote:
> I was just reading Larry Brown's obit. His books
sound
iteresting. I
> see he's been mentioned here a few times in the
past. So, what book
> should I start with?
>
> Mark
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