Cutter and Bone explained

Cutter and Bone
Author:Newton Thornburg
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
Crime Fiction
Set In:United States
Publisher:Little, Brown
Published:1976
Media Type:Print (hard cover)
Pages:346

Cutter and Bone is a 1976 thriller novel by Newton Thornburg about a Vietnam veteran, Alexander Cutter, who tries to convince his friend, Richard Bone, that Bone witnessed a murder. It was adapted to film by director Ivan Passer as Cutter's Way (1981) which starred John Heard as Cutter, Jeff Bridges as Bone, and Lisa Eichhorn as Mo (Maureen).

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