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a Flash of Green
First published in 1962, later made into a 1984 movie, A Flash of Green is a lengthy novel about reality crushing your dreams. The surface story is about development on Florida’s coast and the flailing do-gooders who want to save the public land for its beauty against the progress of economic power. Jimmy Wing, crack reporter for the local paper, is sweet on Kat Hubble, his best friend’s widow, but he doesn’t want her to know he’s now in bed with Elmo Bliss, the power behind the ...more
First published in 1962, later made into a 1984 movie, A Flash of Green is a lengthy novel about reality crushing your dreams. The surface story is about development on Florida’s coast and the flailing do-gooders who want to save the public land for its beauty against the progress of economic power. Jimmy Wing, crack reporter for the local paper, is sweet on Kat Hubble, his best friend’s widow, but he doesn’t want her to know he’s now in bed with Elmo Bliss, the power behind the ...more
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