Cutter and Bone

Cutter and Bone
First edition
AuthorNewton Thornburg
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
Thriller
Suspense
Crime Fiction
Set inUnited States
Published1976
PublisherLittle, Brown
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hard cover)
Pages346

Cutter and Bone is a 1976 thriller novel by Newton Thornburg about a Vietnam veteran, Alexander Cutter, who tries to convince his friend, Richard Bone, that Bone witnessed a murder. It was adapted to film by director Ivan Passer as Cutter's Way (1981) which starred John Heard as Cutter, Jeff Bridges as Bone, and Lisa Eichhorn as Mo (Maureen).