Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in crime novels. As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.

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  • Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in crime novels. As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines. Two of his best known novels were adapted into popular films: his 1966 novel The Detective was made into a 1968 film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra as Detective Joe Leland, and his 1979 sequel to The Detective, Nothing Lasts Forever, was filmed in 1988 as Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Though Die Hard was relatively faithful to Nothing Lasts Forever, it was not made as a sequel to the film version of The Detective. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were adapted into TV movies. Thorp died of a heart attack in Oxnard, California.
  • Roderick Thorp war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er schrieb Kriminalromane, darunter die Romanvorlagen für die Filme Der Detektiv und Stirb langsam.
  • Era specializzato principalmente nella criminalità. Da giovane Thorp lavorò presso un'agenzia investigativa di suo padre. Più tardi insegnò letteratura e scrittura creativa presso le scuole e le università nel New Jersey e California, e scrisse anche articoli per giornali e riviste. I suoi due romanzi più noti sono stati adattati in film popolari: il primo Il Detective nel 1966, ed il secondo nel 1968 con il titolo omonimo ma con Frank Sinatra. Il suo seguito fatto nel 1979 Nothing Lasts Forever, con Bruce Willis. Anche se Die Hard è stato relativamente fedele a Nothing Lasts Forever, non è stato fatto come un sequel del film Il Detective. Thorp morì di un attacco di cuore a Oxnard, California. I suoi romanzi furono: Nel bosco Il Detective (1966) Dioniso La musica delle loro ride: Un album americano ' Schiavi The Circle of Love Westfield Nothing Lasts Forever (1979) (riemesso come Die Hard) Jenny e Barnum: un romanzo d'amore Arcobaleno Drive Devlin '
  • Родерик Торп — американский писатель. Автор детективов.
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  • Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in crime novels. As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.
  • Roderick Thorp war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er schrieb Kriminalromane, darunter die Romanvorlagen für die Filme Der Detektiv und Stirb langsam.
  • Era specializzato principalmente nella criminalità. Da giovane Thorp lavorò presso un'agenzia investigativa di suo padre. Più tardi insegnò letteratura e scrittura creativa presso le scuole e le università nel New Jersey e California, e scrisse anche articoli per giornali e riviste. I suoi due romanzi più noti sono stati adattati in film popolari: il primo Il Detective nel 1966, ed il secondo nel 1968 con il titolo omonimo ma con Frank Sinatra.
  • Родерик Торп — американский писатель. Автор детективов.
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