The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Robert Coover |
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| Cover artist | Charles Rue Woods and Marcia Salo, based on a Duane Reider/Getty Images photograph |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Post-modern erotica |
| Published | 2002 (Grove Press) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 405 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8021-1724-3 |
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre: Director's Cut is a novel by Robert Coover, published in 2002. The title is the same as a 1961 nudie cutie film, and like the film, the novel is divided into multiple vignettes, starring the title character Pierre.
The subtitle is an allusion to the now widespread practice of releasing director's cuts in addition to final cuts. There is no director's cut for the film.
An alternate subtitle "Raw Footage," had been used until publication, including the advanced reading copies. Several reviews were published with the alternate subtitle, while illustrating the book cover with the final subtitle. See, for example, Publishers Weekly. See also Internet Archive.
Unlike the film, the novel has an overriding metafictional theme, driven by Pierre seeking to escape from fiction.