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Dog Day Afternoon by Patrick Mann

On this page you'll find scans of the back and front covers for Dog Day Afternoon by Patrick Mann.

About the book

Title: Dog Day Afternoon
Author: Patrick Mann
Originally published: 1974

Dog Day Afternoon was written by Patrick Mann (real name Leslie Waller) and published in 1974. It was adapted from a screenplay by Frank Pierson to coincide with the release of Sidney Lumet's film of the same name, both based on the real-life 1972 robbery of a Chase Manhattan bank in Brooklyn.

About this edition

Edition: First Dell printing
Published: July 1975
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Pages: 237

Notes

i've written a lengthy post detailing some differences between the novelization of the screenplay, the film itself, and the real-life heist it was all based on. you can read that here.