The Scarf
by:
Robert Bloch (author)
A writer named Daniel Morley models his characters after real women. After completing his stories, he murders the women with a maroon scarf he has kept since childhood. The novel traces Morley's killing spree from Minneapolis to Chicago, then finally to Hollywood, where his hit novel is about to...
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A writer named Daniel Morley models his characters after real women. After completing his stories, he murders the women with a maroon scarf he has kept since childhood. The novel traces Morley's killing spree from Minneapolis to Chicago, then finally to Hollywood, where his hit novel is about to be adapted for the screen.
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Format: paperback
Publish date: 1966
Publisher: Fawcett Gold Medal
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Terrible 1966 revision of the 1947 novel. They just randomly tossed in updated pop culture references (ex. “The kind of girl who wore false eyelashes” instead of “the kind of girl who wore harlequin frames”), then made a key change to the opening scene and tacked on a completely new and completely t...
Bloch’s first novel is styled as the written confession and diary excerpts of a serial killer. The misogyny is so vividly portrayed that I could only read so much at a time before needing to go scrub my brain and find something more pleasant to occupy it. The main character’s hatred, though targeted...
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