''When the Nines Roll Over (and Other Stories)'' is a 2004 short story collection by

David Benioff David Friedman (; born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff (), is an American writer, director and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known as co-creator and showrunner of '' Game of Thrones'' (2 ...

. A short film adaptation of the first of the seven stories, for which Benioff wrote the screenplay, directed, and produced, was released in 2005.

Background

After the success of ''

The 25th Hour ''The 25th Hour'' is the 2001 debut novel by David Benioff. A film adaptation, for which Benioff wrote the screenplay, was directed by Spike Lee and released in 2002. Background The idea for the book came when Benioff returned home to New York ...

'', Benioff wrote collections of short stories that he would later release as a compilation in ''When the Nines Roll Over (and Other Stories)''. There is a total of seven short stories. The stories are ''When the Nines Roll Over'', ''The Devil Comes to Orekhovo'', ''Zoantrophy'', ''The Barefoot Girl in Clover'', ''De Composition'', ''Garden of No'', ''Neversink'' and ''Merde for Luck''

Plot

A collection of short stories. The first story, which is the title story (''When the Nines Roll Over''), is about a jaded hipster record executive who is trying to steal a talented and sexy young singer away from a small label. The other stories are varied, ranging from the tale of a young soldier ordered to execute an elderly woman to a drama about a lovesick young man's decision to secretly scatter his girlfriend's father's ashes.

Reception

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'' said ''When the Nines Roll Over'' is a "superb collection", that "each one is driven by fully formed characters" and that "it proves that Benioff can handle the long and the short of the fiction game."

References

{{David Benioff 2004 short story collections Works by David Benioff Viking Press books