The Game. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Game
Jeff Rovin, 1997
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David Fincher, 1997

Nicholas Van Orton, a successful businessman, lives a well-ordered life – until an unexpected birthday gift from his brother destroys it all. Like it or not, Nicholas has been enrolled in a game that begins quietly but soon erupts in a rush of devastating events. Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life.


The Hurricane. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1991 book, Lazarus and the Hurricane
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Lazarus and the Hurricane
Sam Chaiton, Terry Swinton, 1991
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Norman Jewison, 1999

The story of middleweight boxer Rubin ‘The Hurricane’ Carter, who was convicted of committing a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The film concentrates on Rubin Carter’s life between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly 20 years in prison.


The Hurricane. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1974 book, The Sixteenth Round
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The Sixteenth Round
Rubin Carter, 1974
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Norman Jewison, 1999

The story of middleweight boxer Rubin ‘The Hurricane’ Carter, who was convicted of committing a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The film concentrates on Rubin Carter’s life between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly 20 years in prison.


Payback. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1962 book, The Hunter
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The Hunter
Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake), 1962
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Brian Helgeland, 1999

Face down on the kitchen table of an underground abortionist, barely conscious and with two large bullet wounds in his back, lies career thief and former Marine Porter. The unlicensed doctor uses the whiskey he is drinking as sterilizing agent and digs out the bullets. Porter begins tracking down his estranged wife Lynn and former partner-in-crime Val Resnick.


A Love Song for Bobby Long. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Off Magazine Street
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Off Magazine Street
Ronald Everett Capps, 2004
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Shainee Gabel, 2004

After her mother’s death, Pursy Will returns to New Orleans to claim her inheritance, only to find two troubled men, Bobby Long and Lawson Pines, living in her mother’s house. Bobby, a once-promising literature professor, and Lawson, his young protégé, have succumbed to alcoholism and despair. As tensions and secrets unravel, the three form an unlikely bond, confronting their past traumas and finding redemption through forgiveness and human connection in the heartwarming and soulful city of New Orleans.


Crash. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1973 book
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Crash
J.G. Ballard, 1973
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David Cronenberg, 1996

Film producer James Ballard and his detached wife Catherine are in an open marriage. Their arousal is heightened by discussing the intimate details of their extramarital sex. When James replies he did not achieve satisfaction during his sexual encounter with one of his coworkers, Catherine replies, ‘maybe the next one’.


Vengeance: A Love Story. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Rape: A Love Story
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Rape: A Love Story
Joyce Carol Oates, 2003
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Johnny Martin, 2017

When a new friend is brutally assaulted, Detective John Droomor is put by chance in charge of the investigation. Although the evidence against the perpetrators seems overwhelming, there is nothing definitive in the case that guarantees justice is served, even more so if some people are willing to twist and betray it.