Control (novel)

Control
First edition
AuthorWilliam Goldman
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
1982
Publication placeUnited States
Pages305
ISBN0-440-01471-9

Control is a 1982 novel by William Goldman.[1][2][3][4]

The book was a runner up on The New York Times best seller list.[5]

Although Goldman was a noted screenwriter and many of his novels had been adapted into films there was no interest in adapting Control. Goldman later wrote the novel "was such a neat idea for a movie. I felt sure that somebody would want to make it. It was about trying to control the future by controlling the past. There was never a phone call about Control."[6]

References

  1. ^ 'How to Change the Past: CONTROL By William Goldman.' 305 pp. New York: Delacorte Press. $15.95. By EVAN HUNTER. The New York Times 25 April 1982: 371.
  2. ^ Goldman: when the cheater wins Wheeler, Elizabeth. Los Angeles Times 6 June 1982: k10.
  3. ^ Nipping the Reds In the Bud Reviewed by Joseph McLellan. The Washington Post 1 May 1982: C4.
  4. ^ FICTION: Goldman offers action fare with wit, intelligence Olcott, Anthony. Chicago Tribune 16 May 1982: h3.
  5. ^ Best Sellers The New York Times 23 May 1982: 360.
  6. ^ "Interview with William Goldman". Flashpoint. 8 December 1998.


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