Two gym instructors (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) accidentally stumble across and try to sell a disk containing the memoirs of CIA agent Osborne Cox (John Malkovich), who has recently resigned from the agency in a fit of pique. Their attempts at blackmail go wildly awry, gradually engulfing Osborne Cox's estranged wife (Tilda Swinton) and her lover (George Clooney), whose involvement triggers a series of tragic consequences. In "Burn After Reading" Joel and Ethan Coen take on the spy thriller genre and reinvent it in their unique voice - combining humor and violence in completely unexpected ways, and wrapping it all up with a the verbal dexterity that makes their work so distinctive.
- ISBN13 9780571245222
- Publish Date 4 September 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 February 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English
- URL https://allenandunwin.com/browse/books/9780571245222