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F. L. Green. Frederick Laurence Green [1] (1902–1953) was a British writer who had 14 titles published between 1934 and 1952. He is best known for his 1945 novel, Odd Man Out, which was adapted into a film .
In Odd Man Out (1947) adapted by Carol Reed from the original 1945 novel by Belfast adopted son F. L. Green (Reed and Green worked on a screenplay, final credit going to British playwright R. C. Sheriff), an armed raid on a linen mill payroll by the IRA and its feverish aftermath adroitly reflects this notion of “looking the other way.”
Odd Man Out is a 1945 crime thriller novel by the British writer F. L. Green. The novel is set in present-day Northern Ireland and portrays an IRA heist gone wrong. Film adaptation. In 1947 it was made into the British film of the same title directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason, Kathleen Ryan and Robert Newton.
F.L. Green was born on 6 April 1902 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fugitive (1939) and The Lost Man (1969). He was married to Margaret Edwards. He died on 14 April 1953 in Bristol, England, UK.
- Writer
- April 6, 1902
- F.L. Green
- April 14, 1953
F.L. Green has 13 books on Goodreads with 253 ratings. F.L. Green’s most popular book is Odd Man Out.
F.L. Green. Writer: Odd Man Out. F.L. Green was born on 6 April 1902 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fugitive (1939) and The Lost Man (1969). He was married to Margaret Edwards. He died on 14 April 1953 in Bristol, England, UK.
Overview. F. L. Green. (1902—1953) Quick Reference. (1902–1953), English-born novelist who settled in Belfast in 1932, and achieved success with Odd Man Out (1945), a novel dealing with the flight through Belfast of a wounded IRA man ... From: Green, F [rederick] L [aurence] in The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature »
