Download or read book Smoke and Blue in the Face written by Paul Auster and published by Miramax Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Paul Aster shows the reader how his short story metamorphosed into a feature film starring William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Forest Whitaker and Stockard Channing. The book includes the short story, photos, conversations with the actors and Auster, and follows the process of a germ of an idea being brought to fruition.