Secretary. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Secretary
Mary Gaitskill, 1988
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Steven Shainberg, 2002

Lee Holloway, the socially awkward and emotionally sensitive youngest daughter of a dysfunctional family, adjusts to normal life after having been hospitalized following an incident of dangerous self-harm. She learns to type and applies for a job as a secretary for an eccentric attorney, E. Edward Grey.


Cop. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1984 book, Blood on the Moon
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Blood on the Moon
James Ellroy, 1984
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James B. Harris, 1988

Los Angeles Police Department detective Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins discovers the brutal murder of a young woman. Hopkins notices a great deal of feminist literature with titles like Rage in the Womb on her bookshelf. He also sees two classified ads for anonymous sexual encounters. When he returns home, his 8-year-old daughter wakes up and begs him for a story.


Deepwater. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Deepwater
Matthew F. Jones, 1999
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David S. Marfield, 2005

Freshly discharged from the hospital and penniless, Nat Banyon, a young drifter who lost his parents, embarks on a journey to find work on a farm in Wyoming. During his travels, he stumbles upon a car accident and heroically rescues the driver, a peculiar elderly man named Herman Finch.