Cutter and Bone

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Cutter and Bone
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Author Newton Thornburg
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
Thriller
Suspense
Crime Fiction
Set inUnited States
Published1976
Publisher Little, Brown
Media typePrint (hard cover)
Pages346

Cutter and Bone is a 1976 thriller novel by Newton Thornburg about a Vietnam veteran, Alexander Cutter, who tries to convince his friend, Richard Bone, that Bone witnessed a murder. It was adapted to film by director Ivan Passer as Cutter's Way (1981) which starred John Heard as Cutter, Jeff Bridges as Bone, and Lisa Eichhorn as Mo (Maureen).

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