Don't Look Now
The title novella of this collection features John and Laura who are on holiday in Venice. But it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose.
The title novella of this collection features John and Laura who are on holiday in Venice. But it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780140035902 (0140035907)
ASIN: 140035907
Publish date: 1971
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Pages no: 303
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Suspense,
Gothic,
Fiction
I wasn't overly impressed with this collection of stories. Don't Look Now and The Birds were pretty good but having seen the films many times certainly took much away some of the suspense. No fault of the author. I thought that The Birds was better, more menacing, than the Hitchcock film of the same...
It's been ages since I've read a short story collection – I think the last one was Henry James The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories several years ago. It's easy to forget how effective the form can be in the hands of a good writer. I didn't enjoy these as much as Rebecca (they were published ab...
--Don't Look Now--Not After Midnight--A Border-Line Case--The Way of the Cross--The Breakthrough
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