About

Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968) was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley. More film noir screenplays were adapted from works by Woolrich than any other crime novelist, and many of his stories were adapted during the 1940s for Suspense and other dramatic radio programs. Hroughout his writing career he produced a reported 26 novels/novellas and hundreds of short stories.

The Black Curtain is your personal ticket to Hell, stamped by Cornell Woolrich Frank Townsend suffers a minor injury on a tawdry city street e goes home and finds his wife gone, and his life turned upside-down.

His apartment looks unfamiliar to him, he recognizes nothing and no one orse still, he's accused of murder and is being followed by mysterious strangers for no apparent reason Frank is plunging into a black pool of amnesia.

Is past is now a mere blur His quest seems almost impossible: he must regain his identity, clear his name, and pick up the threads of his former life here's no avenging angel to assist him.

He's forced to save his own skin, in his own way e'll walk a torturous, uncertain path In The Black Curtain, Woolrich toys not only with fate, but our own inner demons ho are we, really? What secrets are we concealing ill a terrifying past suddenly creep up and strangle us? Woolrich also keeps us guessing about Frank Townsend ho was he before his injury? Is he truly innocent of the murder rap pinned on him his dark study in desperation was well-adapted for the underrated 1942 film noir Street of Chance, featuring Burgess Meredith and veteran femme fatale Claire Trevor in fine form With The Black Curtain, Cornell Woolrich takes our tranquil world and turns it inside-out amiliarity becomes fatal.

Edition Details

• Limited to 300 copies.
• Introduction by Jack Seabrook.
• Several reprints of old Cornell Woolrich The Black Curtain covers, all in full color.
• All copies signed by Jack Seabrook, Matt Mahurin, and Jacob McMurray.
• Sewn binding, rounded back, ribbon marker, head and tail bands, printed endpapers, top-edge stain, and other extras.

External Links

• The Black Curtain. Centipede Press page for The Black Curtain
• Cornell Woolrich (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Cornell Woolrich