The Detective (novel)
1966 novel by Roderick Thorp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Roderick Thorp novel. For the Arthur Hailey novel, see Detective (novel).
The Detective is a thriller/detective novel by American author Roderick Thorp, first published hardcover in 1966. It was made into the 1968 movie of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra, as Detective Joe Leland. Billed as "an adult look at police life", The Detective went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of 1968 and one of the strongest box-office hits of Sinatra's acting career.
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Author | Roderick Thorp |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Thriller, detective |
Publisher | Dial Press (1st Edition)[1] |
Publication date | 1966 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 598 pp |
ISBN | 0-8488-0375-2 [1] |
Followed by | Nothing Lasts Forever |
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A sequel, Nothing Lasts Forever, was published in 1979, and was later adapted into the film Die Hard. Both books utilize the third-person narrative in their storytelling, and rely on a wealth of introspective monologuing.