"Charles Webb, born in San Francisco in 1939. In 1963, he published The Graduate, and in 1967 it was made into the famous film starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Not many people realize that The Graduate is based on a book, but in fact the dialogue in the film comes almost entirely from the dialogue Webb wrote for the novel.
Webb grew up in a wealthy family living in Pasadena, California. He was attracted to the wife of a friend of his parents. He said he decided "it might be better to write about it than to do it," so he wrote The Graduate in the poolside bar of the Pasadena Huntington Hotel. He was 24 when it was published."
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/
Webb grew up in a wealthy family living in Pasadena, California. He was attracted to the wife of a friend of his parents. He said he decided "it might be better to write about it than to do it," so he wrote The Graduate in the poolside bar of the Pasadena Huntington Hotel. He was 24 when it was published."
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/
I've only seen the movie which is fantastically filled with great dialogue and a great soundtrack (Simon & Garfunkel) but I bet the book is just as good if not better, since that is usually how it goes.
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