| 词条 | Casanegra (novel) |
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| name = Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Story | image = Casanegra2007book.jpg | caption = | author = Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = | language = | series = | subject = | genre = Fiction, mystery | published = 2007, Atria Books | media_type = Print, e-book, audiobook | pages = 308 pages (hardback) | isbn = 0743287312 | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = In the Night of the Heat | wikisource = }} Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Story is a 2007 mystery novel by actor Blair Underwood and writers Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes.[1] The book was released on June 19, 2007 through Atria Books and is the first book in the Tennyson Hardwick series.[2] Casanegra follows the adventures of Tennyson Hardwick, an actor and former gigolo.[3] A sequel, In the Night of the Heat, was released in 2009. Underwood has expressed interest in filming an adaptation of Casanegra with himself potentially starring as the character of Tennyson Hardwick.[4] SynopsisTennyson "Ten" Hardwick is an actor trying to make it big in Hollywood, which is made difficult by his past as a gigolo that sold his body to anyone willing to pay the right price. This past has caused a distance between Tennyson and his family, especially his LAPD captain of a father. However overcoming his past proves to be harder than he imagined after Tennyson finds himself the prime suspect for the murder of Afrodite, a rapper and former client of his. DevelopmentUnderwood came up with the book's concept after working on a project with Diana Ross that would have had the two acting as a client and her gigolo.[5] The project never came to fruition, but Underwood continued to work on the concept until he approached Due with the idea of writing a novel based upon a gigolo.[5] The first draft of Casanegra was written by Due and subsequent drafts were co-written with Underwood and Barnes.[5] The team drew on Walter Mosley and Zane for some of the book's influences and included several recognizable Hollywood features such as the restaurant chain Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles and the African-American owned bookstore Eso Won Books.[6] ReceptionCritical reception was mostly positive.[7] Entertainment Weekly and Publishers Weekly both gave mostly positive reviews for Casanegra, with Publishers Weekly praising the book as a "seamlessly entertaining novel".[8][9] References1. ^{{cite news|title=Inside "Casanegra"|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11658408|accessdate=6 October 2013|newspaper=NPR|date=July 2, 2007}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Actor Blair Underwood takes on the literary world|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BH&s_site=bradenton&p_multi=BH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11E11AB46AD71A20&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=6 October 2013|newspaper=Bradenton Herald|date=August 26, 2007}} 3. ^{{cite news|last = Waldron|first = Clarence|title = Blair Underwood Makes His Breaks In Hollywood With Mystery Novel, 'Casanegra'|url = http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/26072375/blair-underwood-makes-his-breaks-hollywood-mystery-novel-casanegra|accessdate = 6 October 2013|newspaper = Jet|date = August 6, 2007}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Blair Underwood To Turn Detective Novels Into New Movie Franchise |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/16/blair_underwood_to_turn_detective_novels |archive-url=https://archive.is/20131006112921/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/16/blair_underwood_to_turn_detective_novels |dead-url=yes |archive-date=6 October 2013 |publisher=StarPulse |accessdate=6 October 2013 |df= }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Donahue|first=Deirdre|title=Underwood in role of author|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-06-27-underwood_N.htm|accessdate=6 October 2013|newspaper=USA Today|date=2007-06-28}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Braxton|first=Greg|title=Under covers|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/14/entertainment/et-underwood14|accessdate=6 October 2013|newspaper=LA Times|date=August 14, 2007}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Washington Is Also Reading|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072602041.html|accessdate=6 October 2013|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 29, 2007}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Review: Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Story|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7432-8731-9|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=6 October 2013}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Day|first=Adrienne|title=Review: Casanegra|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20042686,00.html|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=6 October 2013}} External links
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