"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is the first novel by British author Alan Sillitoe and won the Author's Club First Novel Award. It was adapted by Sillitoe into a 1960 film starring Albert Finney, directed by Karel Reisz, and in 1964 was adapted by David Brett as a play for the Nottingham Playhouse, with Ian McKellen playing one of his first leading roles. Silittoe later wrote two further parts to the Seatons' story, ""Key to the Door"" and ""The Open Door"" (1989). The novel ""Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"" is split into two unequal parts:"
"Alan Sillitoe Alan Sillitoe (4 March 192825 April 2010) was an English writer and one of the so-called ""angry young men"" of the 1950s. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied. He is best known for his debut novel ""Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"" and his early short story ""The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"", both of which were adapted into films. Sillitoe was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, to working-class parents, Christopher Sillitoe and Sabina (née Burton). Like Arthur Seaton, the anti-hero of his first novel, ""Saturday Night and Sunday"
"Morning, Noon and Night (novel) Morning, Noon and Night is a 1995 novel by Sidney Sheldon. The Stanford family is one of the most respected in America - but behind the facade of fame and glamour lies a hidden web of blackmail, drugs and murder. When Harry Stanford, one of the wealthiest men in the world,mysteriously drowns while cruising on his yacht off the rugged coast of Corsica, it sets off a chain of events that reverberates around the globe. At the family gathering following the funeral in Boston, a strikingly beautiful young woman appears. She claims to be Stanford's"
"on 25 April 2010 at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He was 82. He is buried in Highgate Cemetery. Alan Sillitoe Alan Sillitoe (4 March 192825 April 2010) was an English writer and one of the so-called ""angry young men"" of the 1950s. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied. He is best known for his debut novel ""Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"" and his early short story ""The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"", both of which were adapted into films. Sillitoe was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, to working-class parents,"
"Black Sunday (novel) Black Sunday is a 1975 novel by American writer Thomas Harris. The novel is a thriller about a plot by terrorists to commit mass murder during the Super Bowl in New Orleans, and law enforcement efforts to stop them. Harris wrote the novel after watching the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis where Palestinian terrorists took Israeli athletes hostage and murdered them. It was the first novel by Harris, and achieved only moderate success until it was sold to Hollywood. The 1977 film adaptation was a moderate critical and financial success, and sparked interest in the novel. As"
"John Hampson (novelist) John Frederick Norman Hampson Simpson (26 March 1901 – 26 December 1955), who wrote as John Hampson, was an English novelist. Best known for his 1931 novel ""Saturday Night at the Greyhound"" – an unexpected success for the Hogarth Press – he was a member of the Birmingham Group of working class authors which included Walter Allen, Leslie Halward, Walter Brierley and Peter Chamberlain. His elder brother was the motorcycle racer, Jimmy Simpson (James Hampson-Simpson). Hampson was born in Handsworth in Birmingham. Unable to complete his formal education due to ill health, Hampson worked in a munitions"
"Saturday Night (musical) Saturday Night is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and the book by brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, based on their play, ""Front Porch in Flatbush"". The musical was expected to open on Broadway in 1954-1955, but because of the lead producer's death, it was not produced. Following a student production, it was staged at the Bridewell Theatre, London in 1997 and then in Chicago in 1999 and Off-Broadway in 2000. The musical also ran in the West End in 2009. ""Saturday Night"" was scheduled to open in the 1954-55 Broadway"
"The Evening and the Morning and the Night ""The Evening and the Morning and the Night"" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Octavia Butler. It was first published in ""Omni"" in May 1987, and subsequently republished in ""The Year's Best Science Fiction"" (fifth edition); in ""Best New SF 2""; in ""Omni Visions One""; in ""The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy By Women""; in ""Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora""; in ""Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century""; in ""Crucified Dreams""; in Butler's collection ""Bloodchild and Other Stories"", and as a"
"Son of the Morning (novel) Son of the Morning is a 1978 novel by American author Joyce Carol Oates. The book was first published on August 1, 1978 through Vanguard Press. Elsa Vickery, daughter of agnostic small town doctor and his pious wife, is gang-raped at the age of seventeen. Her father cannot obtain legal abortion. The boy Nathan is brought up by his grandmother as a devoted Christian. At the age of seven he begins to experience visions of Christ. When the boy is eight, his grandfather reads the Gospel for the first time in thirty years and is"
"Good Morning, Midnight (Hill novel) Good Morning, Midnight is a 2004 crime novel by British crime writer Reginald Hill, and part of the Dalziel and Pascoe series. The title takes its name from ""Good Morning -- Midnight"", a poem by Emily Dickinson which is quoted throughout the story. Its adaptation for the TV series is Episode 37, ""Houdini's Ghost"" (2006). The plot involves Dalziel and Pascoe's investigation into the suicide of local businessman Palinurus 'Pal' Maciver, who has killed himself in similar circumstances to those of his father, who shot himself ten years earlier. However, what begins as a routine"
"Norman Mailer Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His novel ""The Naked and the Dead"" was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel ""Armies of the Night"" won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. His best-known work is widely considered to be ""The Executioner's Song"", the 1979 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In over six decades of work, Mailer had eleven best selling books in each of the seven decades after"
"daughter and entitled to a share of the tycoon's estate. Is she genuine, or is she an impostor? Sweeping from the splendors of the Italian Riviera, to the fashion salons of Paris and New York, and the opulence of Boston and Florida, Morning, Noon & Night twists and turns its way through intrigue, smoke and mirrors to a surprise ending you'll never forget. Morning, Noon and Night (novel) Morning, Noon and Night is a 1995 novel by Sidney Sheldon. The Stanford family is one of the most respected in America - but behind the facade of fame and glamour lies"
"L. Dean commented that the narrator's shifting voice allowed Nathan to ""write both an objective account of his past and the past surrounding him, much as the Biblical prophets wrote about Christ, and a personal, extended prayer to an absent God."" Son of the Morning (novel) Son of the Morning is a 1978 novel by American author Joyce Carol Oates. The book was first published on August 1, 1978 through Vanguard Press. Elsa Vickery, daughter of agnostic small town doctor and his pious wife, is gang-raped at the age of seventeen. Her father cannot obtain legal abortion. The boy Nathan"
"while John Clute calls it ""harrowing"". The Evening and the Morning and the Night ""The Evening and the Morning and the Night"" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Octavia Butler. It was first published in ""Omni"" in May 1987, and subsequently republished in ""The Year's Best Science Fiction"" (fifth edition); in ""Best New SF 2""; in ""Omni Visions One""; in ""The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy By Women""; in ""Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora""; in ""Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century""; in ""Crucified Dreams""; in Butler's collection ""Bloodchild"
"on the city's beachfront. Novels Contains important books and articles about Mailer and his works, many of which are cited in this article. See Works above for a list of Mailer's first editions and Mailer's individual works for reviews. Norman Mailer Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His novel ""The Naked and the Dead"" was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel ""Armies of the Night"" won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award."
"Marsha Norman Marsha Norman (born September 21, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play ""'night, Mother"". She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as ""The Secret Garden"", for which she won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and ""The Red Shoes"", as well as the libretto for the musical ""The Color Purple"" and the book for the musical ""The Bridges of Madison County"". She is co-chair of the playwriting department at The Juilliard School. Norman was born"
"Searching the Worlds of John Rechy"". John Rechy John Francisco Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is an American novelist, essayist, memoirist, dramatist and literary critic. In his novels, he has written extensively about gay culture in Los Angeles and wider America, among other subject matters, and is among the pioneers of modern LGBT literature. ""City of Night"", his debut novel published in 1963, was a best seller. Drawing on his own background, he has contributed to Chicano literature, notably with his novel ""The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez"", which has been taught in several Chicano literature courses throughout the United"
"Mother Night Mother Night is a novel by American author Kurt Vonnegut, first published in February 1962. The title of the book is taken from Goethe's ""Faust"". It is the fictional memoirs of Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American, who moved to Germany in 1923 at age 11, and later became a well-known playwright and Nazi propagandist. The action of the novel is narrated (through the use of metafiction) by Campbell himself. The premise is that he is writing his memoirs while awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison. Howard W. Campbell also appears briefly in Vonnegut's later"
"The Great Night The Great Night is a 2011 novel by American author Chris Adrian. Billed as a retelling of William Shakespeare's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", the novel details the interaction on one night between the faerie kingdom about to be destroyed and three mortals heartbroken over lost relationships. Henry Blork, Molly and Will enter Buena Vista Park in San Francisco on the way to a party at a house nearby. Each is forlorn over the loss of a relationship: Henry's obsessive–compulsive disorder had driven away his boyfriend Bobby; Will had lost his girlfriend Carolina because of his infidelity; and"
"This Morning, This Evening, So Soon ""This Morning, This Evening, So Soon"" is a 1960 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, ""Going to Meet the Man"". The story was originally published in the September, 1960, issue of ""The Atlantic Monthly"". The Narrator is spending his last night in Paris with his family and his sister, who is visiting. He then thinks back to the time he returned to America after his mother's funeral, and the way the Statue of Liberty made no sense to him, and people were treating him differently there. He goes on"
"case of an apparent copycat suicide soon develops into something of a more sinister nature, revealing family secrets, corporate chicanery involving the arms trade, government agents and Iraq. Good Morning, Midnight (Hill novel) Good Morning, Midnight is a 2004 crime novel by British crime writer Reginald Hill, and part of the Dalziel and Pascoe series. The title takes its name from ""Good Morning -- Midnight"", a poem by Emily Dickinson which is quoted throughout the story. Its adaptation for the TV series is Episode 37, ""Houdini's Ghost"" (2006). The plot involves Dalziel and Pascoe's investigation into the suicide of local"
"John Rechy John Francisco Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is an American novelist, essayist, memoirist, dramatist and literary critic. In his novels, he has written extensively about gay culture in Los Angeles and wider America, among other subject matters, and is among the pioneers of modern LGBT literature. ""City of Night"", his debut novel published in 1963, was a best seller. Drawing on his own background, he has contributed to Chicano literature, notably with his novel ""The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez"", which has been taught in several Chicano literature courses throughout the United States. Rechy was born March 10,"
"in New York in October of 2018. Mother Night Mother Night is a novel by American author Kurt Vonnegut, first published in February 1962. The title of the book is taken from Goethe's ""Faust"". It is the fictional memoirs of Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American, who moved to Germany in 1923 at age 11, and later became a well-known playwright and Nazi propagandist. The action of the novel is narrated (through the use of metafiction) by Campbell himself. The premise is that he is writing his memoirs while awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison. Howard W."
"Mr. Saturday Night Mr. Saturday Night is a 1992 American comedy-drama film that marks the directorial debut of its star, Billy Crystal. It focuses on the rise and fall of Buddy Young Jr., a stand-up comedian. Crystal produced and co-wrote the screenplay with the writing duo Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz. It was filmed from November 1991 to March 1992 and released on September 23, 1992, by Columbia Pictures. Co-star David Paymer received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. ""Mr. Saturday Night"" details how stand-up comedian Buddy Young Jr. became a television star, with the help of his"
"Norman currently serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School in New York City, and is Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America. She was honored at the 2011 William Inge Festival for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre. ""Note: plays or musicals unless otherwise indicated"" Marsha Norman Marsha Norman (born September 21, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play ""'night, Mother"". She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as ""The Secret Garden"", for which she won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award"
"""Saturday"", stating ""...when I wrote it, I was reading Ian McEwan's novel ""Saturday"", which begins with a man on his balcony watching a plane go down, so the first lines borrow something from that image."" Saturday (novel) Saturday (2005) is a novel by Ian McEwan set in Fitzrovia, London, on Saturday, 15 February 2003, as a large demonstration is taking place against the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq. The protagonist, Henry Perowne, a 48-year-old neurosurgeon, has planned a series of chores and pleasures culminating in a family dinner in the evening. As he goes about his day, he ponders"
"Quantum Night Quantum Night is a science-fiction thriller novel written by Canadian novelist Robert J. Sawyer and published in 2016. Set in the near future, the book touches on themes of quantum physics, psychology, current politics and ethics. Jim Marchuk is an experimental psychologist at the University of Manitoba and a subscriber to utilitarianism. When a murder trial begins in Atlanta, the lawyers of the defendant ask Jim to testify on their behalf. They cite Marchuk's technique for detecting psychopaths, based on saccadic eye motion, which he claims outperforms the Hare checklist. Based on his objection to the death penalty,"
"J. Neil Schulman Joseph Neil Schulman (; born April 16, 1953) is an American novelist who wrote ""Alongside Night"" (published 1979) and ""The Rainbow Cadenza"" (published 1983) which both received the Prometheus Award, a libertarian science fiction award. His third novel, ""Escape from Heaven"", was also a finalist for the 2002 Prometheus Award. Schulman was born in Forest Hills, Queens. He is the author of nine other books currently in print, including a short story collection, ""Nasty, Brutish, and Short Stories"", ""Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns"", and ""The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana"". He is writer"
"from those of Emerson and Thoreau. Millen Brand Millen Brand (January 19, 1906 – March 19, 1980) was an American writer and poet. His novels ""Savage Sleep"" and ""The Outward Room,"" which addressed mental health institutions, were bestsellers in the 1960s and 1930s, respectively. Millen was born on January 19, 1906, in Jersey City, New Jersey, into a working-class family. He was of Pennsylvania German descent on his mother’s side. He graduated from Columbia University. After graduation (circa 1926), he began to work as a psychiatric aide and also a copywriter before accepting faculty posts at New York University and"
"Saturday (novel) Saturday (2005) is a novel by Ian McEwan set in Fitzrovia, London, on Saturday, 15 February 2003, as a large demonstration is taking place against the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq. The protagonist, Henry Perowne, a 48-year-old neurosurgeon, has planned a series of chores and pleasures culminating in a family dinner in the evening. As he goes about his day, he ponders the meaning of the protest and the problems that inspired it; however, the day is disrupted by an encounter with a violent, troubled man. To understand his character's world-view, McEwan spent time with a neurosurgeon."
"short stories. In Green Town, Bradbury's favorite uncle sprouts wings, traveling carnivals conceal supernatural powers, and his grandparents provide room and board to Charles Dickens. Perhaps the most definitive usage of the pseudonym for his hometown, in ""Summer Morning, Summer Night"", a collection of short stories and vignettes exclusively about Green Town, Bradbury returns to the signature locale as a look back at the rapidly disappearing small-town world of the American heartland, which was the foundation of his roots. Bradbury wrote many short essays on the culture and the arts, attracting the attention of critics in this field, but he"
"The Armies of the Night The Armies of the Night is a nonfiction novel written by Norman Mailer and published by New American Library in 1968. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction and the National Book Award in category Arts and Letters. The book's full title is The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel/The Novel as History. Mailer essentially created his own genre; as the subtitle suggests; the narrative is split into historicized and novelized accounts of the October 1967 March on the Pentagon. Mailer's unique rendition of the non-fiction novel was one of only a"
"Night at the Mocking Widow Night at the Mocking Widow is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a whodunnit and features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale. The English village of Stoke Druid in Somerset has been plagued by a series of vicious anonymous letters written by a poison-pen who becomes known as the ""Mocking Widow"", after a forty-foot high rocky feature on the outskirts of the village. A middle-aged spinster who has been tormented by the letters' suggestions of sexual immorality commits suicide."