Dallas the novel

[Jock's Ghost]

So I'm reading the novel and had no clue what to expect. A true dime story paperback, to use an old fashioned description.
Its well written but its hard to align the novel characters up with the TV series.
The novel characters are way more trashy. Not sure if its realistic, but they speak with a little more frankness than expected.
Ellie, Jock and JR come out looking very sleazy actually. The business with Bobby's namesake. Lol. I'm enjoying the novel but they are some raunchy folks.

 

[stevew]

So I'm reading the novel and had no clue what to expect. A true dime story paperback, to use an old fashioned description.
Its well written but its hard to align the novel characters up with the TV series.
The novel characters are way more trashy. Not sure if its realistic, but they speak with a little more frankness than expected.
Ellie, Jock and JR come out looking very sleazy actually. The business with Bobby's namesake. Lol. I'm enjoying the novel but they are some raunchy folks.

I didn’t know there was such a thing. What’s the time period?

 

[Mel O'Drama]

I didn’t know there was such a thing. What’s the time period?

Early Years through to Mini-Series, or thereabouts.

You can read extracts in this great thread from @James from London, which will give you a flavour.

 

[stevew]

Early Years through to Mini-Series, or thereabouts.

You can read extracts in this great thread from @James from London, which will give you a flavour.

Thank you.

 

[James from London]

A true dime story paperback

A great description! I love the book, I love the raunch, the sleaziness and the gorgeously poetic turns of phrase along the way .

 

[Jock's Ghost]

A great description! I love the book, I love the raunch, the sleaziness and the gorgeously poetic turns of phrase along the way .

Yes. We do get some true flavor. Like Tennessee Williams on mescaline.

Interesting bits: Fred Krebbs, father of Ray.
Maureen instead of Valene......
Yes to the raunch! JR bedding Maureen (Val) and JR being Lucy's father!!! Wow. Imagine if JR WAS her father and thats why Val hated him so much? Gary not finding out until years later.
I liked how it mingled the the races together Moreso than the TV series.

 

[Billy Wall]

So I'm reading the novel and had no clue what to expect. A true dime story paperback, to use an old fashioned description.
Its well written but its hard to align the novel characters up with the TV series.
The novel characters are way more trashy. Not sure if its realistic, but they speak with a little more frankness than expected.
Ellie, Jock and JR come out looking very sleazy actually. The business with Bobby's namesake. Lol. I'm enjoying the novel but they are some raunchy folks.

Novel characters are usually more dark than their movie/TV counterparts. Lol