Nothing Lasts Forever (1979 novel)
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| Author | Roderick Thorp |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication date | 1979 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-393-01249-2 |
| Preceded by | The Detective |
Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1979 thriller novel by Roderick Thorp.
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[edit] Plot introduction
Nothing Lasts Forever is a sequel to Thorp's 1966 novel The Detective. It follows Detective Joe Leland, who is visiting the Klaxon Oil Corporation's headquarters in Los Angeles, where his daughter works. While he is visiting, a German terrorist team led by Anton "Tony" Gruber takes over the building. Leland remains undetected and fights off the terrorists one by one.
[edit] Die Hard adaptation
Nothing Lasts Forever was adapted in 1988 as the film Die Hard.
In the film, Joe Leland's name is changed to John McClane and Tony Gruber's to Hans Gruber. McClane communicates to the terrorists via walkie-talkie and commits some of the same acts of sabotage that Leland does in the novel. McClane is younger than Leland, and it is his wife, not his daughter, who is held as one of the hostages. (McClane has two children, but they are very young, and they are safely at home for the duration of the film.)
In the film, the villains are post-modern terrorists who are really only interested in robbery; in the book, they are idealists trying to make a political point. In the film they are a mixed bunch, but all men; in the original book, they are all German and four of them are women. The gang is loosely based on the Red Army Faction.
[edit] References
- Thorp, Roderick (1979). Nothing Lasts Forever. ISBN 0-393-01249-2.
[edit] External links
- The Detective at the Internet Movie Database
- Die Hard at the Internet Movie Database
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