Robert Grossbach
American writer and engineer (born 1941)
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Robert Grossbach (born 1941) is an American writer and engineer.[1][2] He has written four novels, including Easy and Hard Ways Out. He has also penned many novelizations, mostly of Neil Simon screenplays.[3]
- Writer
- engineer
Robert Grossbach | |
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| Born | 1941 (age 84–85) |
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| Nationality | American |
The 1984 movie Best Defense, starring Dudley Moore, is loosely based on Easy and Hard Ways Out. Robert Altman considered directing an adaptation of the novel in 1976, from a screenplay by Alan Rudolph.[4] The director and screenwriter also tried to film an adaptation of A Shortage of Engineers, in 2002, before Altman moved on to The Company.[5]
Grossbach's novels have received strong reviews.[6][7][8][9] The New York Times wrote that "as a stylist, Grossbach is in a league with Wallace Markfield, Mordecai Richter and Bruce Jay Friedman."[10]
He has contributed short stories to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Transatlantic Review.[11][12] Grossbach has taught at NYU and UCLA Extension.[13]
Novels
- Someone Great (1971)
- Easy and Hard Ways Out (1974)
- Never Say Die: An Autonecrographical Novel (1979)
- A Shortage of Engineers (2001)
Novelizations
- The Cheap Detective (1978)
- The Goodbye Girl (1978)
- "...And Justice for All" (1979)
- California Suite (1979)
- The Frisco Kid (1979)
- Going in Style (1979)[14]
- Chapter Two (1980)
- The Devil and Max Devlin (1980)
- Four Friends (1981)
- Georgia (1982)
