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Roderick Thorp

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born

September 01, 1936 in The United States

died

April 28, 1999

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in crime novels.

As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.

Two of his best known novels were adapted into popular films: his 1966 novel The Detective was made into a 1968 film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra as Detective Joe Leland, and his 1979 sequel to The Detective, Nothing Lasts Forever, was filmed in 1988 as Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Though Die Hard was relatively faithful to Nothing Lasts Forever, it was not made as a sequel to the fil...more

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Books by Roderick Thorp

Average rating: 3.50 · 158 ratings · 35 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Nothing Lasts Forever 3.50 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Detective 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1966 — 4 editions	My rating:
	River 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Rainbow Drive 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Westfield 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Devlin 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	My rating:
	Piège De Cristal 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988	My rating:
	Slaves 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977	My rating:
	Dionysius 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Jenny and Barnum: A Novel of Love 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1981	My rating: