The story ends with Red preparing to violate his parole and follow Andy to Mexico. The new assignment also allows Andy to spend more time doing financial paperwork for the staff. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Red, somewhat confused about why Andy has confided this information in him, reflects on Andy's continued ability to surprise. You wonder how Steven King did it. Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2017. Andy offers to help the guard to prepare the necessary paperwork for the transaction, in exchange for some beer for the other prisoners on the roof. After eighteen years in prison, Andy shares the information with Red, describing exactly how to find the place and how one day "Peter Stevens" will own a small seaside resort hotel in a small Pacific coastal town in Mexico called Zihuatanejo. Andy concedes and things resume as they were before Tommy's revelation, though Red notes that Andy's demeanor becomes dark for the next four years. The novella has been adapted into a film, The Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins as Andy, and Morgan Freeman as Red, and a play of the same name. After several months of wandering the rural town roads, he does find a field with a rock wall on the correct side. [1] It was adapted for the screen in 1994 as The Shawshank Redemption, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1994, including Best Picture. Red notes that there are inconsistencies in the story, but Andy feels that the detail of his wife's lover being a "golfing pro" is too specific to be a coincidence. A wrongly convicted man finds himself in a prison run by a sadistic warden. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. A few weeks later, Red gets a blank postcard from a small town near the Mexican border, and surmises that Andy crossed the border there. Shortly afterwards, Red is paroled. The new assignment also allows Andy to spend time doing financial paperwork for the staff. Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2020. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. One day, Andy hears from another prisoner, Tommy, whose former cellmate had bragged about killing a rich golfer and some hot-shot lawyer's wife (Andy latches onto the idea that the word "lawyer" could easily have been mixed up with "banker", the professions being similarly viewed by the general public), and framing the lawyer for the crime. Instead of ceasing his letter writing, he starts writing twice as often. [4], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "15 Things You May Not Have Known About The Shawshank Redemption", "The Shawshank Redemption hits the West End", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption&oldid=980974457, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention from September 2019, All Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 15:20. After he has been incarcerated for nearly twenty-seven years, Andy literally disappears from his locked cell, the escape is discovered at the morning count. Please try again. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a novella written by Stephen King and published in his 1982 collection Different Seasons. In February 1963, Andy hears from another prisoner, Tommy Williams, that his former cellmate, a man named Elmo Blatch, had bragged about killing a rich golfer and his lover – the wife of a "hotshot banker" who was convicted of the murders. He quickly becomes a valuable asset to the prison staff, even the warden, who also seeks Andy's advice. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Something went wrong. On his time off from his bagger job, he hitchhikes to Buxton, searching for suitable hay fields from Andy's "directions". The newest corrupt warden of Shawshank, Norton, starts a program called "Inside-Out", where convicts do work outside the prison for slave wages. [2] In 2009, it was adapted for the stage as The Shawshank Redemption.[3]. Available Format(s) In Collection / Paperback. In contrast to most other convicts, Dufresne is not a hardened criminal but a soft-spoken young banker, convicted of killing his wife and her lover.

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