• Barry Gifford's novel Wild at Heart was turned into a 1990 movie, directed by David Lynch.
• Gifford also wrote the screenplay for Lynch's Lost Highway, throwing him into the spotlight with Lynch fans.
• The protagonist at the centre of the Cuban Club is Roy, whom Gifford has been writing about for 30 years.
• Will appeal to fans of previous Roy books: Wyoming, Memories from a Sinking Ship, and The Roy Stories.
• Screen rights to the Roy stories have been bought by Walter Salles of The Motorcycle Diaries fame.