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December 16, 2018 74 mins

Join us as we discuss the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp that became the blockbuster hit Die Hard. You’ll hear how Kaci longs for nepotism and doesn’t know breakfast cereals. Abby’s obsession with short men continues; oh, and she once fell in a cactus.

 

Useful links:

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/04/arts/roderick-thorp-62-a-detective-turned-popular-crime-novelist.html

http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/02/local/me-33289

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/07/16/is-die-hard-a-christmas-movie-bruce-willis-finally-has-an-answer/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2efc2d1af713

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/novel-inspired-die-hard-returns-423586

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