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OverviewNothing beats a tale of fatalistic dread by the supreme master of suspense, Cornell Woolrich. His novels and hundreds of short stories define the essence of noir nihilism.-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review The father of modern noir first wanted to be the second F. Scott Fitzgerald. This 1932 novel brilliantly showcases Cornell Woolrich's transition from modernist to pulp master, as the reader follows a young Manhattan couples' tragic fall from grace. Cornell Woolrich reinvented suspense fiction for the twentieth century. For four decades hundreds of his stories appeared in popular American pulp magazines while motion picture directors as varied as Hitchcock and Truffaut memorably translated his work into such classic suspense films as Rear Window and The Bride Wore Black, He died, alone in a Manhattan hotel room, in 1968. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cornell Woolrich , Francis M. Nevins , Francis M. NevinsPublisher: Pegasus Books Imprint: Pegasus Books Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.195kg ISBN: 9781933648071ISBN 10: 1933648074 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 12 February 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor Information"From the 1930s until his death in 1968, Cornell Woolrich riveted the reading public with his mystery, suspense, and horror stories. Classic films like Hitchcock's Rear Window and Trauffaut's The Bride Wore Black and novels like Night has a Thousand Eyes and The Black Angel earned Woolrich epithets like ""the twentieth century's Edgar Allen Poe"" and ""the father of noir.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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