Oooh, I really liked the book. This could be a great adaptation.
It also has the best scene of our protagonist, with Tourette’s, trying to tell a joke about an octopus and a bagpipe. I think both my wife and I may have peed ourselves with laughter.
In my head, though, the book was set in the 80s or 90s. Maybe I’m completely misremembering, or maybe they just wanted to do more of a gangster flick.
Edit: No, I was right. He transposes it to the 50s. I think that’s really too bad. It makes it look like a generic mob movie. And how many movies made today get to be set in the 90s, of all times? It could have been great… Oh well, I’m sure this will still be very good.
