Who wrote the novel that Whit Stillman's newest film is based on?
Whit Stillman John Whitney "Whit" Stillman (born January 25, 1952) is an American writer-director known for his 1990 film "Metropolitan", which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the 1998 romantic drama "The Last Days of Disco". Stillman's newest film "Love & Friendship" premiered in January 2016, starring Kate Beckinsale playing a widow trying to arrange two marriages, one for herself and one for her daughter.
Still Life with June Still Life With June is the second novel by Canadian author Darren Greer, first published in 2004. It tells the story of an unsuccessful writer, Cameron Dodds, who works at a Salvation Army drug and alcohol treatment centre in an unnamed North American city and 'mines" the lives of patients there for his stories. When a client at the centre hangs himself, Dodds assumes his identity and begins visiting the dead man's mentally challenged sister June in a state-run care facility.