Paranoia in the Launderette
Dec 2015 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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About this eBook
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From the Oscar-nominated screenplay writer of the British cult classic Withnail & I
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The basis for the film A Fantastic Fear of Everything, this black comedy novella tells the story of a writer who has become gripped by paranoia as a result of researching serial killers, and who has a phobia of launderettes. A call from his literary agent, a possible plot on his life and a disastrous trip to the launderette ensue.
This satirical, darkly comic journey into the mind of an eccentric psychotic etches at the heart of fear itself.
From the Oscar-nominated screenplay writer of the British cult classic Withnail & I
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The basis for the film A Fantastic Fear of Everything, this black comedy novella tells the story of a writer who has become gripped by paranoia as a result of researching serial killers, and who has a phobia of launderettes. A call from his literary agent, a possible plot on his life and a disastrous trip to the launderette ensue.
This satirical, darkly comic journey into the mind of an eccentric psychotic etches at the heart of fear itself.
About the author
Bruce Robinson is the director and screenwriter of Withnail and I, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Jennifer 8 and The Rum Diary. He also wrote the screenplays for The Killing Fields, for which he was Academy Award nominated, Shadow Makers (released in the US as Fat Man and Little Boy), Return to Paradise and In Dreams. He is the author of The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman, Paranoia in the Launderette, the Samuel Johnson-longlisted They All Love Jack and of two books for children, The Obvious Elephant and Harold and the Duck, both illustrated by Sophie Windham.
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