Cool Hand Luke (novel)
1965 novel by Donn Pearce / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cool Hand Luke is a novel by Donn Pearce published in 1965. It was adapted into the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke.
The story is told in a first-person narrative from the perspective of a convict in a central Florida prison. He works on a chain gang maintaining the berms of highways. He recounts the story of a "legendary" fellow inmate whose nickname is Cool Hand Luke.
The novel is based on Pearce's personal experiences while incarcerated with a Florida prison road gang.