Jeb Quinlin, the book's central character, is a homicide detective. Jack Malloy, the movie's central character, is an FBI agent. Swindle couldn't tell you why or how Hollywood picked his book for a movie. He attributes the whole thing to the luck of the draw. I'm convinced that tons of good scripts get thrown away every day.
Swindle takes it all with a grain of salt and says it's still been a great ride so far.
And once everything was done, I got another book idea. And he did find someone to publish Doin' Dirty , Jitter Joint 's sequel. While it may be premature, Swindle says the whole thing really hasn't changed his life much. I think if you grow up poor, you put a higher price on security than most people do. All this attention is fleeting, and I've done more than I ever thought I would.