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  1. May 10, 2020 · I Know This Much Is True is based on Wally Lamb’s bestselling novel of the same title which was published in 1998. Although Lamb writes about the novel’s subject matter incredibly convincingly ...

    • Gina Vaynshteyn
  2. Jul 18, 2022 · No, ‘I Know This Much Is True’ is not based on a true story. It is based on the novel of the same name by Wally Lamb. According to Lamb, stories come to him in the form of characters, and he gets to know them over time, which is how the plot evolves as well. “When I wrote I Know This Much Is True, I began with the angry voice of a ...

  3. The novel takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut, in the early 1990s. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin Thomas suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. With medication, Thomas is able to live his life in relative peace and work at a coffee stand, yet occasionally has severe episodes of illness. Thinking he is making a sacrificial protest that ...

    • Wally Lamb
    • 1998
  4. I Know This Much Is True: With Mark Ruffalo, John Procaccino, Rob Huebel, Gabe Fazio. Following the parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in a story of betrayal, sacrifice, and forgiveness.

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    • 2020-05-10
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  5. May 17, 2020 · May 17, 2020 10 AM PT. Before it was even published in the summer of 1998, Hollywood began circling “I Know This Much Is True.”. Despite its Tolstoy-esque length and often grim subject matter ...

    • meredith.blake@latimes.com
    • Staff Writer
  6. May 11, 2020 · With I Know This Much Is True, an HBO miniseries based on Wally Lamb's novel of the same name, Lewis can add another name to the list: Derek Cianfrance, the writer-director behind Blue Valentine ...

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  8. May 10, 2020 · The I Know This Much Is True book was a June 1998 entry in Oprah's Book Club. "It's not just a book, it's a life experience," the world-famous TV host said at the time. It was Lamb's second novel ...