Talk:Midnight Cowboy (novel)

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Around 40 years ago, I read "Midnight Cowboy" before seeing the film. I found the film an extremely poor adaptation of the novel, for reasons I don't have time to go into in depth here. I recently re-read the novel, and my views have not changed. It is a truly magnificent piece of writing; the film is shallow and "perverse".

Regardless, someone needs to to write a thoughtful critique of the film, considering in depth the way it fails to present the deeper meanings of the book.

WilliamSommerwerck 18:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:59, 1 January 2008 (UTC)