Who wrote the book that the 1984 movie The Natural was based on starry Paul Newman ?
The 1984 movie “The Natural” was based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Bernard Malamud. In the book, the title character is not a wonderboy, but a good athelete with human failings. The novel is darker and more pessimistic than the movie, and the ending is also different, although the build-up is just as suspenseful. Sources: http://www.imdb.
