What to say about this book? It's such a mind-fuck that it's hard to piece together, and I'm not certain that the story (or the ending) actually makes sense. Well, I feel like I need a cigarette and a martini. Rose and Odalie are typists at a New York police station. Set in the mid-1920s in New York during the Prohibition, the novel follows Rose (the narrator) who becomes obsessed (perhaps sexually) with another typist at work: the beautiful, charming, alluring, mysterious Odalie. And what starts as simple fascination turns into an obsession from which she may never recover.moreģ.5 stars Well, I feel like I need a cigarette and a martini. Until Odalie joins the typing pool.Īs Rose quickly falls under the stylish, coquettish Odalie’s spell, she is lured into a sparkling underworld of speakeasies and jazz. But while she may hear about shootings, knifings, and crimes of passion, as soon as she leaves the room, she reverts to a dignified and proper lady. Criminals come before her to admit their transgressions, and, with a few strokes of the keys before her, she seals their fate. A typist for the New York City Police Department, she sits in judgment like a high priestess. But while she may hear about shootings, knifings, and crimes of passion, as soon as she leaves the room, she reverts to Confessions are Rose Baker’s job. She also executive produced Empire for its entire run on Fox and served as showrunner for the first 3.5 seasons.Confessions are Rose Baker’s job. The L Word creator Chaiken is an executive producer on the reboot series, The L Word: Generation Q, which has been renewed for a second season at Showtime, as well as on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Most recently seen in Misbehaviour, which was released at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Knightley is repped by United Agents, CAA, Narrative and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. She is known for her roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Love Actually as well as Pride & Prejudice and The Imitation Game, which earned her Oscar nominations. This would mark the biggest TV commitment to date for Knightley who, with the exception of the 2011 Neverland miniseries, has been focused entirely on features since bursting into the scene with the 2002 hit Bend It Like Beckham. She is repped by CAA and Emily Forland at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. At Hulu, Searchlight TV and 20th TV also are collaborating on The Dropout, limited series starring Kate McKinnon.ĭrawing comparisons to The Great Gatsby, The Other Typist was published in 2013 and was Rindell’s debut novel. Knightley originally brought the book to Searchlight whose TV division co-produces with sibling 20th TV where Chaiken is under an overall deal.
In it, Rose, a prim, unworldly police department typist gets drawn into the shady world of her glamorous new co-worker, Odalie ( Knightley) but when the ultimate crime is committed, it’s uncertain which of the two women was the more treacherous.Ĭhaiken, who will write the pilot script and serve as showrunner, executive produces with Knightley, Rindell and 3 Arts’ Oly Obst.
Set in New York City at the height of the Prohibition era, The Other Typist is a psycho-sexual suspense thriller that turns on themes of identity, class, obsession and misplaced (or misunderstood) desire.
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