Helpful Score: 2
Highly enjoyable! I have always been a big fan of the movie version of this novel that came out in the 1970s starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal but I am now an even bigger fan of the novel - a delightful romp through the depression years as told by Addie Pray, a precocious 11-year old scamp. The movie was pretty faithful to the first half of the novel but most of the second half was not included in the movie. Maybe it was being saved for a possible sequel? Anyway, the whole book is fun story-telling about the lives of two talented con artists in the 30s - also very reminiscent of the movie "The Sting". I guess people had to think up creative ways to survive during that time. High recommendation!
The basis for the 1973 film of the same name, starring Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal. The book has more plot points and a wider story arc than the movie, and is just as charming. This is an easy read with some great dialogue.
Helpful Score: 1
"Paper Moon" is a classic in the long tradition of American fiction. Joe David Brown masterfully creates an authentic voice that bowls the reader over. The remarkable thing about the book is that it is one of the few instances where you should read the book and see the movie. If you liked the movie, the book provides more stories and adventures; if you liked the book, the movie brings the characters, setting, and geography to life.
I highly recommend this book; the movie only makes a very good story better.
I highly recommend this book; the movie only makes a very good story better.
A delightful story of a con man who learns the business from a little girl who is a chip off the old block. Tatum O'niell won the oscar for the role of Addie and deserved it. One of the best movies and books of all time. Humorous too.
Awesome book, goes a little more indepth than the movie. If you haven't seen the movie, go see rent it!
Meet Addie Pray - an eleven year old orphan of monumental shrewdness and one of the world's youngest con artists. Addie and "Long Boy", who may or may not be her daddy, travel the back roads of the South in the darkest days of the Depression "doing business" - or rather giving the business to the right number of fools they meet along the way. What a team of gentle sharpsters - they can slip a waitress a five dollar bill and come back with fifty bucks in change!
This was the story made into a motion picture.
This was the story made into a motion picture.
A funny and suspenseful novel of the Great Depression and two con artists making their way through the South "doing business" with every gullible rube they come across. The basis of the film starring Ryan And Tatum O'Neil. Originally published in 1971 with the title "Addie Pray."