Potter, Dennis

The singing detective by Dennis Potter ( Book )
20 editions published between 1986 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 738 libraries worldwide
Engelse BBC-dramaserie over P.E. Marlowe, schrijver van goedkope detectives lijdt aan een ernstige en verminkende vorm van psoriasis. Onder invloed van medicijnen verwart hij realiteit en fantasie.

Pennies from heaven ( Visual )
18 editions published between 1980 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 681 libraries worldwide
In Depression era Chicago, a salesman is having trouble convincing unwilling music store owners to buy his sheet music.

Blackeyes by Dennis Potter ( Book )
16 editions published between 1987 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 420 libraries worldwide
It has been twenty years since Maurice James Kingsley has produced a novel. His niece Jessica cannot share in his triumph, as he has written her story, for she is Blackeyes, the model heroine of his book. Then her body is found drowned in Kensington Gardens.

Waiting for the boat : on Television by Dennis Potter ( Book )
4 editions published between 1984 and 1990 in English and held by 373 libraries worldwide

Gorky Park ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1981 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 367 libraries worldwide
Gorky Park opens with the discovery of three mutilated bodies buried in the snow in Moscow's Gorky Park. Arkady Renko, the chief investigator of the Moscow Militia, is assigned to unravel this horrific crime, but he is confronted by an uncooperative and corrupt KGB.

Ticket to ride by Dennis Potter ( Book )
11 editions published between 1986 and 1990 in English and Danish and held by 356 libraries worldwide
John is in London; he can't remember who he is or why he is there. All he knows is that he has got a lot of money in his pocket and he has to meet someone.

Potter on Potter by Dennis Potter ( Book )
11 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 339 libraries worldwide

The singing detective ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 338 libraries worldwide
A bedridden novelist drifts in and out of consciousness, alternating between a noir-ish fantasy world, his anguished present, and his traumatic childhood.

Mayor of Casterbridge ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 306 libraries worldwide
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffer an agonizing remorse. Years later, when he has become a respected and prosperous man, his wife and daughter seek him out in Casterbridge. He attempts to right the long-ago wrong and sets in motion a series of events that spell his destruction.

Pennies from heaven by Dennis Potter ( Book )
15 editions published between 1980 and 2004 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 305 libraries worldwide