Sideways: A Novel
Apr 2010 · St. Martin's Griffin
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A raucous and surprising novel filled with wonderful details about wine, Rex Pickett's Sideways is also a thought-provoking and funny book about men, women, and human relationships.
The basis for the 2004 comedy-drama road movie of the same name starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church.
Sideways is the story of two friends-Miles and Jack-going away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single: pinot, putting, and prowling bars. In the week before Jack plans to marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country. For Jack, the tasting tour is Seven Days to D-Day, his final stretch of freedom. For Miles--who has divorced his wife, is facing an uncertain career and has lost his passion for living-the trip is a week long opportunity to evaluate his past, his future and himself.
The basis for the 2004 comedy-drama road movie of the same name starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church.
Sideways is the story of two friends-Miles and Jack-going away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single: pinot, putting, and prowling bars. In the week before Jack plans to marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country. For Jack, the tasting tour is Seven Days to D-Day, his final stretch of freedom. For Miles--who has divorced his wife, is facing an uncertain career and has lost his passion for living-the trip is a week long opportunity to evaluate his past, his future and himself.
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4.6
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17 July 2013
I have of course seen the movie and I can now say I have read a boy that was better than the movie adaptation. The characters are so much more but in the novel and you really can't help, but feel for Miles plight. So far I took the time to read this novel.
King Fish
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2 March 2019
Terrific read! I couldn't put it down and read it in just a couple of days which is not typical for me.
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Michael Still
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30 August 2015
Great book
About the author
Rex Pickett is a screenwriter who lives in Los Angeles, CA. Sideways is his first novel. It was adapted to film in 2004 starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church.
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