‘The Adventures of Cliff Booth’, Tarantino’s novel about Brad Pitt’s iconic character

Will arrive in bookstores next December 8simultaneously with the United States and the United Kingdom, the second novel by the Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino‘The Adventures of Cliff Booth‘. The book, sequel to Tarantino’s acclaimed debut, ‘Once upon a time in Hollywood‘, is still published by La nave di Teseo. Like the first novel, ‘The Adventures of Cliff Booth’ is also the literary transposition of a film: in this case, the expected ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth‘, which will be released in theaters IMAX il November 25th and then arrive in exclusive streaming on Netflix starting from December 23.

The film, based on an original screenplay by Tarantino, is directed by David Fincher and see Brad Pitt go back to interpreting Cliff Boothrole of stuntman and assistant to Rick Dalton/Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood’ which won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Both the novel and the film are set in Hollywood del 1977 and feature Tarantino’s iconic character, who now offers his “clandestine services” to friends in the struggling film industry.

A surprising narrative

Just as the ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ novel had expanded and changed the narrative of the filmso ‘The Adventures of Cliff Booth’ offers Tarantino’s creative vision on this story in novel formin ways capable of surprising and exciting the public.

Previous editorial successes

Among the most acclaimed living American directors, in recent years Tarantino has also dedicated himself to writing. In the 2021published his first novel, ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’; translated into 31 languagesthe book immediately reached first place in the charts best seller del New York Times. In the 2022 he published ‘Cinema Speculation‘, which also immediately entered the New York Times best-seller list. Both books are published in Italy by The ship of Theseus.

Editor’s comment

“The relationship between The Ship of Theseus and Quentin Tarantino continues, after the great success of his debut novel, ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ and his cinematic memoir ‘Cinema Speculation’. This new novel returns to an extraordinary character, Cliff Booth, evidently “larger than life”, who emerges from the frame as from the written page, and who will continue to entertain and surprise us”, he comments Elisabetta SgarbiPublisher The Ship of Theseus.

Tarantino’s career

Thanks to his vivid imagination and dedication to nuanced storytelling, Quentin Tarantino is one of the most celebrated filmmakers of his generation. He made his directorial debut in 1992 con ‘The hyenas‘ (Reservoir Dogs), and then wrote, directed and starred in one of his most beloved films, ‘Pulp Fiction‘, which earned him his first Oscar for best screenplay. After acclaimed films like ‘Jackie Brown‘, ‘Kill Bill: Vol. 1 e Vol. 2‘ e ‘Death proof‘ (Death Proof), Tarantino created the blockbuster set during the Second World War ‘Inglourious bastards‘ (Inglourious Basterds), ‘Django Unchained‘ (which earned him his second Oscar for best screenplay) and ‘The Hateful Eight‘. The most recent film, ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’, received fifth Golden Globe nomination, ten at the BAFTAs e ten at the Academy Awards.