Fifteen foreign, paperback, and bookclub editions were published and the book was selected a New York Times Notable Book. In fair homage to the noir tradition, Harrison (Bodies Electric, 1993, etc.) turns all of Manhattan into one mans personal sinkhole, where he can indulge a passion for moment-of- death stories and the twists elevating brute violence into tragedy. The novel was published in America in hardcover by Crown and remains in print by Picador in trade paperback. MANHATTAN NIGHT will be released by Lionsgate Premiere in theaters and On Demand May 20, 2016. Manhattan Nocturne is a crime novel by Colin Harrison set in Manhattan, first published in 1996. Now a major motion picture, Manhattan Night, starring Adrien Brody, Campbell Scott, Yvonne Strahovski, and Linda Lavin Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. A New York Times Notable Book Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. In this modern version of a classic film noir, we follow Porter as he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail - one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life. But when a seductive stranger (Yvonne Strahovski) asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon (Campbell Scott), he can't resist. The protagonist of Colin Harrison's third novel, a top-of-the-heap tabloid columnist named Porter Wren, sells his. At home he is a model family man, devoted to his loving wife (Jennifer Beals). Manhattan Nocturne by Harrison, Colin and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy and anything that passes for the truth. Synopsis: Based on Colin Harrison's acclaimed novel Manhattan Nocturne (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), MANHATTAN NIGHT tells the story of Porter Wren (Adrien Brody), a New York City tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal.
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