Cronenberg To Pen Novel
“I’ve literally been waiting 50 years to do this. I’m excited.”
David Cronenberg’s early flirtation with literature was bookended by the two obsessions which have marked his career; science and film. Although he received a B.A. in literature from the University of Toronto, a major he took after abandoning his initial foray into science, Cronenberg soon found cinema to be more to his liking and he hasn’t looked back. Until now.
The Globe and Mail reports that Cronenberg has been offered a book deal by Penguin Canada to be publish a novel for 2010. Details on the novel are understandably scant, but the deal was finalized based on a few sample pages, and rumour has it that it will be “Cronenberg-esque”, with at least a few scenes set in Toronto.