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How would you all cast the film adaptation? I nominate Ben Affleck as Billy Graves. Also: Would the film treatment be titled differently from the novel?

Carson Mincemoyer I think that Dominic West would play an excellent Billy Graves. As for Milton Ramos, I think that Jon Bernthal would be a good choice.

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is this non fiction?

Marc Fernich No. It’s fiction.

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I've read all of Richard Price's books and he's one of my favorite modern authors. I'm currently listening to Whites on audio. But I can't figure out why a successful author like Price would write, in his usual genre, under a different name. And then have it say on the cover that it's him anyway. Why would an author do this?

Maine Mom In interviews he has said that he contracted to write a different type of book from his usual (presumably more fast-paced, less character and detail) …moreIn interviews he has said that he contracted to write a different type of book from his usual (presumably more fast-paced, less character and detail) and therefore wanted to differentiate it, but realized halfway through writing that he couldn't write any way other than his usual style, but it was too late to change the details of his contract, which were for the pen name version. But as you will see it is clearly marketed as Richard Price writing as....(less)

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What does One PP mean? "Feeley, who was so old-boy-wired into One PP that he could do or not do anything he wanted–"?

Thomas One Police Plaza, the NYPD headquarters

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