Devices and Desires is a TV mini-series directed by John Davies in 1991 and based on the book of the same name by P.D. James, first published in 1989. The TV series features Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner, Tony Haygarth, Tom Chadbon, and others.
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“The TV series is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Commander Dalgliesh has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strangler of young women is at large in Norfolk, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing.
Movie vs Book
Year
1991
Minutes
50
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
Devices and Desires
Director: John Davies
Country: UK
Year: 1991
Length: 50m / 6 episodes
Year
1989
Pages
440
Book Rate
7.96
S: Goodreads
Book
Devices and Desires
Author: P.D. James
Country: UK
First published in: 1989
Length: 440 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Adam Dalgliesh
User polls & recommendations
“You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.”
MATTHEW VAUGHN (Filmmaker)
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