It's Only A Paper Rose

I saw it and enjoyed it, but I haven't read the book. I left the theater intending, to, though! I don't think I've read anything by that author. I did notice the title/author of the Luisa Rey mystery book, though, and thought that was nice. I didn't notice the valise... what was notable about it?

Re: music history, I didn't have that particular bit of background -- cool! I am clearly going to have to read the book.

I enjoyed that over time, the relationships of the characters to each other varied in every incarnation. My friend intelligentrix that I saw it with varied in our interpretations. She thought it was nonlinear and disjointed, I thought it was the same story over and over again in six-group parallel. (Two unlikely allies band together to work against a corrupt systemic power.) That was an interesting divergence of viewpoint, given that it is the same movie.