A critical appraisal of Goldman’s work from the late 70s (it goes up until Magic) and as such well worth reading for Goldman fans. Well, fans of his novels at any rate – his plays, short stories, screenplays and non-fiction don’t get much of a look-in, except for the Butch Cassidy script. I think this is a shame since some of this is his best work, especially The Season. But still there’s some first rate analysis of the novels as well as an illuminating interview with Goldman himself. One quote in particular I found striking – Goldman says he always knows which character he is going to kill, and makes that character as likeable as possible. It’s a shame there isn’t an updated version of this book, which covers his novels of the 80s (after which he stopped writing them).
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