Robert Grossbach
Robert Grossbach | |
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Robert Grossbach (born 1941) is an American writer and engineer.[1][2] He has written four novels, including Easy and Hard Ways Out. He has also penned many novelizations, mostly of Neil Simon screenplays.[3]
The 1984 movie Best Defense, starring Dudley Moore, is loosely based on Easy and Hard Ways Out. Robert Altman considered directing an adaptation of the novel in 1976, from a screenplay by Alan Rudolph.[4] The director and screenwriter also tried to film an adaptation of A Shortage of Engineers, in 2002, before Altman moved on to The Company.[5]
Grossbach's novels have received strong reviews.[6][7][8][9] The New York Times wrote that "as a stylist, Grossbach is in a league with Wallace Markfield, Mordecai Richter and Bruce Jay Friedman."[10]
He has contributed short stories to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Transatlantic Review.[11][12] Grossbach has taught at NYU and UCLA Extension.[13]
Novels
- Someone Great (1971)
- Easy and Hard Ways Out (1974)
- Never Say Die: An Autonecrographical Novel (1979)
- A Shortage of Engineers (2001)
Novelizations
- The Cheap Detective (1978)
- The Goodbye Girl (1978)
- "...And Justice for All" (1979)
- California Suite (1979)
- The Frisco Kid (1979)
- Going in Style (1979)[14]
- Chapter Two (1980)
- The Devil and Max Devlin (1980)
- Four Friends (1981)
- Georgia (1982)
References
- ↑ "Fiction Book Review: A Shortage of Engineers by Robert Grossbach, St. Martin'sISBN 978-0-312-27554-9". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ "Love Story: A mom's set-up leads to lasting love". Newsday. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Robert Grossbach". Library Thing.
- ↑ Altman, Robert (August 3, 2000). Robert Altman: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578061877.
- ↑ Fleming, Michael (January 17, 2002). "Amped up for 'Voltage'". Variety.
- ↑ Levin, Martin (October 31, 1971). "Reader's Report". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Easy and Hard Ways Out by Robert Grossbach". Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ "Fiction Book Review: A Shortage of Engineers by Robert Grossbach St. Martin's ISBN 978-0-312-27554-9". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ "Never Say Die by Robert Grossbach". Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ Levin, Martin (January 26, 1975). "New & Novel". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Interview: Robert Grossbach on 'Driverless'". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018.
- ↑ Grossbach, Robert (1971). "Standards". The Transatlantic Review. No. 40. pp. 144–150. JSTOR 41513150.
- ↑ Moran, T. (July 9, 2009). "The work of writing: Lessons from literary engineers". 2009 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference. pp. 1–7. doi:10.1109/IPCC.2009.5208699. ISBN 978-1-4244-4357-4. S2CID 36180136.
- ↑ "Going in Style". Hachette Book Group. June 27, 2017.