What is the book that Denzel Washington is talking about in The Equalizer?

In the movie The Equalizer (2014), there is the following conversation:

Teri: What's your book about?

Robert McCall: It's about a guy who is a knight in shining armor, except he lives in a world where knights don't exist anymore.

Does anyone know what the book is that Denzel Washington (Robert McCall) is talking about?

Is it even about a real book or is this just a line for the movie?

Notes: Also in the movie, he makes a reference to Moby Dick which leads me to believe that this line is also about a real book.

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Best Answer

It's don't think it's explicit in the movie but it's Don Quixote

The script varies slightly from the actual dialogue but it is clear....

The script has it as:

          McCall holds up DON QUIXOTE.


                   MCCALL
       Guy who thinks he’s a Knight. Only
       he lives in a world where knights
       don’t exist any more.

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What book is Alina reading in The Equalizer?

The guy there recommended it to me. It's good. There are a few shots of the book but from awkward angles. The film gives the book little weight, unlike other books in the film.

What book are they talking about in The Equalizer?

We learn this as he is reading The Old Man and the Sea in a diner.

What book is he reading in the equalizer 2?

Talks of a sequel to The Equalizer (2014) began seven months prior to the release of the first film. The book that McCall is reading on the train at the beginning of the film is "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

What was Robert reading in The Equalizer?

In the Equalizer, Robert reads 3 books about a fisherman who won't let go of a fish, a knight in modern day and an invisible man. All of these stories relate to the movie, how he wouldn't let go about the girl getting beaten, he would be a knight to her and finally that he does it and no one knows.

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