The Untouchables.
ALBERT, Marvin [Kevin Costner].
The Untouchables.
First Edition of Marvin Albert's The Untouchables; Signed by Academy Award-Winning Actor Kevin Costner
New York: Ivy Books, 1987.
$750.00
In Stock
Item Number: 150119
First edition of this crime thriller, basis for the film bearing the same name. Octodecimo, original publisher’s wrappers, all edges stained yellow. Boldy signed by the Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Costner on the title page. In the film of the same name, Kevin Costner plays Eliot Ness, the real-life federal agent who led the team tasked with taking down Al Capone. Costner’s portrayal presents Ness as an idealistic and morally upright lawman, determined to enforce Prohibition laws in the face of rampant corruption and organized crime in Chicago. Based on the screenplay by David Mamet. In very good condition. Uncommon signed.
The Untouchables, a novelization by Marvin Albert based on David Mamet’s screenplay for the 1987 film directed by Brian De Palma, reimagines the historical narrative of Eliot Ness’s pursuit of Al Capone through a stylized lens of moral conflict and cinematic drama. While drawing from the real-life account of Ness’s Prohibition-era law enforcement efforts, the novel, like the film, departs from strict historical accuracy to emphasize themes of justice, loyalty, and the personal costs of integrity. Mamet’s screenplay infuses the story with sharp dialogue and a clear moral dichotomy, which Albert translates into prose, preserving the tension and momentum of the film’s narrative structure. The result is a dramatized, mythic portrayal of American law enforcement that blends fact and fiction, offering insight not only into a key historical moment but also into the cultural construction of heroism in late 20th-century media.
