RIP William Goldman 1931-2018 – A Writer with Good Taste in Shanghai Novels

Screenwriter William Goldman has died aged 87…

In his memoir Adventures in the Screen Trade, Goldman ruminates on the problem of adapting novels to the big screen and the demand for great opening scenes in films that are often lacking in literature. He does come up with one example however: ‘As I sit here I can only think of one first-class modern novel that begins at full speed, and that’s Malraux’s Man’s Fate.’