Wild at Heart (novel)
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Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula is a 1990 pulp, "neo-noir" novel by Barry Gifford. Gifford is an American author, poet, and screenwriter.[1]
The novel was adapted to the film Wild At Heart (1990) written and directed by David Lynch and starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern and Willem Dafoe.[2] In its release year, the film adaptation won the Palme d'Or, the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival.[3] The success of the film boosted interest in Gifford's novels.
The first book of the series, Wild at Heart, begins the adventures in the American South of two sex-driven, star-crossed protagonists on the road, Sailor and Lula.
It is followed by:
- Sailor's Holiday: The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula
- 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango
- Sultans of Africa
- Consuelo's Kiss
- Bad Day for the Leopard Man
- Imagination of the Heart
References
- ^ "Barry Gifford". Good Reads.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Wild at Heart (1990)". IMDb.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Chilton, John; Kernfeld, Barry (2003). Davison, Wild Bill (jazz). Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.j114900.
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