Rendezvous in Black
- Written by Cornell Woolrich
- ISBN: 9781613471500
- Format: Hardcover, Unknown page count
- Publish Date: April 1, 2016
- Dimensions: 5.63" x 9"
- Original Price: US$150
- Genre: Crime
- Publication Type: Novel
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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.“How could a thing that was so good become so bad…how could a thing that was so right become so wrong?” These lines from Cornell Woolrich's Rendezvous in Black set the tone for one of the darkest novels in the annals of crime fiction Johnny Marr is about to marry Dorothy, the love of his life since childhood ut on May 31, the night before the nuptials, Dorothy is killed by a liquor bottle errantly thrown from a passing airplane.
Five men were in the plane at the time of her death ive men are about to experience Johnny's revenge And May 31 will become a red-letter day for each of them.
But it's not enough for Johnny to simply track the men down and murder them e wants them to suffer the same mournful anguish that plagues him every day His vengeance is always precisely timed, but his methods are unpredictably wild.
O Woolrich character has ever gone to greater lengths to exact retribution Johnny is willing to literally pursue his prey to the ends of the earth is dogged determination is the stuff of nightmares Woolrich paints this scenario in varying shades of grey and black, a model for his always bleak and pessimistic world-view endezvous in Black is the final entry in Cornell Woolrich's “Black” series of noir-fueled novels Unlike its predecessors, it's driven by an obsession that borders on insanity ead it at night, and taste the madness. edition information.
Edition Details
- Limited to 300 copies.
- Introduction by William F. Nolan.
- Several reprints of old Cornell Woolrich Rendezvous in Black covers, all in full color.
- All copies signed by William F. Nolan, Matt Mahurin, and Jacob McMurray.
- Sewn binding, rounded back, ribbon marker, head and tail bands, printed endpapers, top-edge stain, and other extras.
Contents:
- Introduction
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External Links
- Rendezvous in Black. Centipede Press page for Rendezvous in Black
- Cornell Woolrich (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Cornell Woolrich