The 25th Hour

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name = The 25th Hour
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author = David Benioff
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country = United States
language = English
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publisher = Carroll & Graf Publishers
release_date = January 30, 2001
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media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
pages = 192 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-7867-0772-0
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"The 25th Hour" is the 2001 debut novel by David Benioff. A film adaptation for which Benioff wrote the adapted screenplay was directed by Spike Lee and released in 2002.

Literary significance and reception

Publishers Weekly said "The 25th Hour" was "brilliantly conceived, this gripping crime drama boasts dead-on dialogue, chiaroscuro portraits of New York's social strata and an inescapable crescendo of tension."cite journal|date=November 20, 2000|title=THE 25TH HOUR (Book Review)|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume=Vol. 247|issue=Issue 47|pages=p46|issn=0000-0019] Bookseller said that it had "powerful characterization and dialogue".cite journal|last=Page|first=Benedicte|date=March 15, 2002|title=Last day of freedom|journal=Bookseller|issue=Issue 5017|pages=p34|issn=00067539] Entertainment Weekly rated it an A Minus, saying that Benioff "shows a knack for critiquing his genre while revitalizing its cliches" and the novel "achieves both pathos and excitement."cite journal|last=Tucker|first=Ken|date=January 26, 2001|title=EDITOR'S CHOICE|journal=Entertainment Weekly|issue=Issue 579/580|pages=p97|issn=10490434]

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