Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Harvard professor E.O. Wilson applies his unique knowledge of ant life and apparent autobiographical elements to this coming of age novel set in the Gulf Coastal plain... more
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Harvard professor E.O. Wilson applies his unique knowledge of ant life and apparent autobiographical elements to this coming of age novel set in the Gulf Coastal plain area near Mobile, Alabama. Wilson is clearly a better naturalist than novelist (this is no To Kill a Mockingbird, set also in the same general region), but the story serves well Wilson's scientific and policy aims.
While called "film noir," I'm not sure it fits the genre. It's one of those Front Page-like newspaper journalism stories. Stewart is great in it. I saw it on TV when I was a kid, over 30 years ago... more
While called "film noir," I'm not sure it fits the genre. It's one of those Front Page-like newspaper journalism stories. Stewart is great in it. I saw it on TV when I was a kid, over 30 years ago and remember liking it, but could never remember the name when trying to track it down. However, the way in which the movie ends (no spoilers here) stuck with me all that time and when I saw it recently, I was finally able to solve that mystery.
