Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow

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Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow
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Author William Goldman
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Published1958 (Doubleday)

Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow is a 1958 novel from William Goldman.

William Goldman American novelist, screenwriter and playwright

William Goldman was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. He won Academy Awards for his screenplays Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and All the President's Men (1976). His other works include his thriller novel Marathon Man and comedy/fantasy novel The Princess Bride, both of which he adapted for the film versions.

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Background

Goldman wrote the book after a 50-week break following his first novel and finished it in seven days. [1] (Other accounts say ten.) [2]

Goldman says he was inspired by reading a story by Harold Brodkey in the New Yorker called "First Love" and feeling he could write a better love story. [3]

Harold Brodkey writer

Harold Brodkey, born Aaron Roy Weintraub, was an American short-story writer and novelist.

The book was not widely reviewed when it came out but enjoyed more than fourteen publications in paperback since it came out. Goldman:

Doubleday published it because they thought I might make some money for them someday, but the book found a certain cult. It's sold a lot of copies and it's very popular with the kids in the high schools and colleges. It's a very strange thing. [4]

Adaptation

A film version was announced in 1964 but was never made. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Butch Cassidy' Was: My Western, 'Magic' Is My Hitchcock' 'Magic' Is My Hitchcock" By RALPH TYLER. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 12 Nov 1978: D23.
  2. ↑ Egan p 18
  3. ↑ Andersen p 35
  4. ↑ Andersen p 43
  5. ↑ AIP Millions for Poe, Beach Parties: 'Flowers' Oscar Hopeful; Burton Buys, May Direct Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 02 Jan 1964: C11.
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