With “The Song of the Crayfish” the film adaptation of the bestseller by Delia Owens is now in the cinemas. Christine Kruttschnitt on pleasing bestseller cinema – and a real scandal.
By Christine Kruttschnitt
She will probably never get used to these moments, although they have been the same for four years. The phone rings, someone from the publishing company in distant New York exclaims triumphantly: “We’re back at number one on the bestseller list!” And Delia Owens reliably bursts into cheers.