'House of Cards' novel comes to the US for the first time
Those in the US who enjoy the Machiavellian machinations of politician Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) on 鈥淗ouse of Cards鈥� can now find the character in literary form, too.
The novel 鈥淗ouse of Cards鈥� by Michael Dobbs, which was the basis for the original UK series and the US version, was originally published in 1989 and is now being released in America for the first time by the publisher Sourcebooks. It鈥檚 available in electronic form now and will be released in print on March 11 and the new version includes some sections rewritten by Dobbs as well as a new ending.
Dobbs was an advisor to former British prime ministers Margaret Thatcher, John Major, and David Cameron and was a chief of staff at the headquarters of the country鈥檚 conservative party.
鈥淚鈥檓 incredibly excited to finally bring the series to the states,鈥� the author said in a statement.
The two sequels to "Cards" that Dobbs wrote, "House of Cards: To Play the King" and "The Final Cut," will also be released by Sourcebooks sometime this year.
The UK TV adaptation ran in 1990. The first season of the American adaptation debuted on Netflix in 2013 and the second season was just made available online.
