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“Man on Fire” is Next in Pop Culture’s Recycling Queue I first discovered A.J. Quinnell’s novel “Man on Fire” (1980) in the bathroom of Snowdonia, a bar in Astoria. Some wit had lined the shelves beside the sink with tattered, yellowed paperbacks from a bygone era, and I presumed customers were meant to help themselves. Like Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather” and Roderick Thorp’s “Nothing Lasts Forever” (adapted into “Die Hard”), “Man on Fire” is an example of a pulpy, largely forgettable novel that was eventually adapted into a memorable film.Read More