Dillinger in Hollywood

John Sayles
October 2004     ISBN: 156025632X

John Sayles's stories, like his movies, are panoramic in scope and richly textured. His beautifully drawn characters are often down on their luck, struggling to make ends meet in circumstances where the past has a powerful influence on the present. Dillinger in Hollywood showcases Sayles's uncanny ear for language, his skill at crafting character, humor and atmosphere, and his ability, as Barbara Kingsolver has written, "to pull apart our most cherished myths and icons and see what they're really made of."

"Sayles has a winning way with the short story."

--the New York Times

John Sayles is the writer and director of acclaimed independent films, including Return of the Secaucus Seven; Baby, It's You; The Brother from Another Planet; Matewan; and Passion Fish. His most recent film, Silver City, is a timely satire for the election year. Twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Sayles has also written novels.