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Country United States Publication date June 2004 Genre Fiction Adaptations Sideways (2004) | 3.7/5 Goodreads Language English Originally published June 2004 Followed by Vertical Publisher St. Martin's Press | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Paperback) also Audio Book Pages 368 pp (paperback edition) ISBN 0-312-32466-9 (paperback edition) Similar Vertical, Sideways 3 Chile, Vertical: Passion and Pinot, Sideways: The Tenth Anniversary, Vertical: The Sequel to Sidewa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sideways is a 2004 novel by Rex Pickett. The novel is the first in the Sideways Trilogy.
Contents
Plot introduction
The novel is the story of two friends, Miles and Jack, who go away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single. During the week before Jack plans to marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country. Pickett says that the character Jack is based on his friend Roy Gittens, a film electrician.
Film adaptation
In 2004, the novel was made into a film, Sideways, directed by Alexander Payne. Although the film largely follows the book's outline, there are multiple differences between the two, especially regarding the two main characters' involvement with the two women during the course of their trip. Pickett describes the screenplay as "faithfully" adapted from his novel.
Sequels
A self-published sequel to the original novel entitled Vertical and written by Rex Pickett was released in September 2010. Payne has indicated that he is not interested in directing a sequel to the film based on Vertical. Fox Searchlight owns the rights to the characters, but Payne's lack of interest makes the film a non-starter for Fox.
A third novel, entitled Sideways 3 Chile, focuses on Chilean wineries and was published in 2015.