Connecticut

Connecticut by David Thomson is the third novel in his series inspired by movie genres, combining screwball romantic comedies with film noir and Western characters. The novel explores the idea of a demented and cruel war, challenging its inmates to see the comic side of mishap and madness. The trilogy is a commentary on how far we have been steered towards delightful but dangerous fantasies by the movies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 20 July 2023
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd

The third novel in David Thomson's series inspired by movie genres - an enchanting yet haunting celebration of screwball romantic comedies.

In 1985, with the acclaimed Suspects, and then in 1990 with the exhilarating Silver Light, David Thomson delivered unprecedented fictions in which the characters were figures from film noir and the Western. Now a trilogy is completed with Connecticut.

Why Connecticut? Because that lovely, liberal state has been set aside as the resting place for every disturbed person in the nation! At first, this seems like an opportunity for meeting up with the merry ghosts of Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, William Powell and Margaret Sullavan. We get glimpses of Bringing Up Baby, My Man Godfrey and The Lady Eve. But then the wild comedy darkens as we realize that Connecticut itself is on the edge of a demented and cruel war that challenges all its inmates to keep seeing the comic side of mishap and madness.

The trilogy is revealed not just as a set of dazzling stories. But a commentary on how far we have all been steered towards delightful but dangerous fantasies by the movies. Aren't we all screwball now? Is Connecticut safe to visit?

Weight: 138g
Dimension: 128 x 199 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780857305640