by Philip Caputo | Jul 13, 2016 | Event
Events include a speaking appearance in Vermont; a guest speaking gig on a National Geo Mekong River expedition in February 2017; a speaking appearance in Texas next April, and a new anniversary edition of A Rumor of War. Find out more…
by Philip Caputo | Jun 17, 2016 | Book News, Some Rise by Sin
My new novel, Some Rise By Sin (written under the working title of Deliver Us From Evil), was completed in July, and is scheduled for a May 2, 2017, publication by Henry Holt & Co. Here’s an early peek at the story.
by Philip Caputo | May 13, 2016 | News
My wife, Leslie Ware, has just published Dead Trees, a short, funny novel that’s a sendup of office politics at a fictional magazine and a bittersweet elegy for print journalism. Think of it as a mashup of Dilbert, The Devil Wears Prada, and Kingsley...
by Philip Caputo | Nov 18, 2015 | News
Gail Egan, U.K. producer of 20 films, including John LeCarre’s THE CONSTANT GARDNER, and independent producer Tracy Bing, have optioned the film rights to ACTS OF FAITH, which I consider my best novel. If it is ever brought to the screen — and believe me...
by Philip Caputo | Sep 17, 2015 | Event
“I wanted to create a virtual tour of duty,” said @PhilipCaputo as he kicks of audience Q&A. #BakerVietnam50 “Nothing can diminish the rightness of what you tried to do,” @PhilipCaputo reads from friend’s eulogy. #BakerVietnam50...
by Philip Caputo | May 14, 2015 | In the media
Check out: This week’s @EsquireClassics is @PhilipCaputo on Afghanistan. An old story that events have made new.
by Philip Caputo | May 6, 2015 | Essays
Cancer refers to the disease, not the constellation, yet the disease is linked to the cosmos in my own mind. A little more than a year ago, I underwent surgery for bladder cancer at White Plains hospital in White Plains, N.Y. A superficial but high-grade tumor roughly...
by Philip Caputo | Apr 11, 2015 | The Longest Road
I signed today, April 11, 2015, a film option with Stephen Altman and David Levy for my first novel, Horn of Africa., published in 1980. This novel has a long history in Hollywood (which I use as a generic term for the movie industry). It was optioned by Michael...
by Philip Caputo | Apr 3, 2015 | Essays
Take a look at my review of The Sympathizer, to run on the front page of the New York Times Book Review on Sunday, April 5. This is a novel well worth its price—and your time. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/books/review/the-sympathizer-by-viet-thanh-nguyen.html?_r=0
by Philip Caputo | Mar 13, 2015 | The Longest Road
Will be speaking on a panel at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend, and also appearing with other writers at an iconic Tucson venue, The Mountain Oyster Club. Link to interview with me by the University of Arizona...
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