The Winter of Frankie Machine

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The Winter of Frankie Machine
Book cover
Author	Don Winslow
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	September 26, 2006
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	320
ISBN	ISBN 1400044987

The Winter of Frankie Machine is a 2006 novel written by Don Winslow.

1 Plot summary
2 Film adaptation
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

The story is about a retired San Diego mafia hitman. His name is Frank Machianno and he cut his ties with the mafia many years back. However one day the Los Angeles Boss calls in for a past favor. Frank must oversee a meeting between the Detroit Combination and the Los Angeles crime family. However it is a scheme to kill Frankie. Someone from Frank's past wants to kill him and he has to find out why, how and when. The list of candidates is about the size of a phone book and he is rapidly running out of time.

[edit] Film adaptation

In November 2005, prior to the publishing of The Winter of Frankie Machine, interest in a film adaptation was expressed by Tribeca Films and actor Robert De Niro. The rights to the project were shopped to various studios, being acquired by Paramount Pictures.^[1] De Niro was attached to star in the lead role, and in September 2006, screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien were hired to adapt the novel into a script. The writing team received a "rich" deal in the low seven figures.^[2] In October 2007, director Michael Mann was attached to film the project, titled Frankie Machine. Under the director's supervision, screenwriter Alex Tse was hired to revise the concept of the story.^[3]