The Blank Wall【電子書籍】[ Elizabeth Sanxay Holding ]

In ＜em＞The Blank Wall＜/em＞ (1947) a suburban matron, harassed by wartime domestic problems her husband is overseas finds herself implicated in the murder of her young daughters extremely unattractive beau (＜em＞The New Yorker＜/em＞). An outstanding example of the psychological thriller genre, worthy of the great Patricia Highsmith herself, as Lady Antonia Fraser said in the ＜em＞Spectator＜/em＞, it was filmed as ＜em＞The Reckless Moment＜/em＞ in 1949 and as ＜em＞The Deep End＜/em＞ in 2001, starring Tilda Swinton. In 1950 Raymond Chandler asked his English publisher, Does anybody in England publish Elisabeth Sanxay Holding? For my money shes the top suspense writer of them all. She doesnt pour it on and make you feel irritated. Her characters are wonderful; and she has a sort of inner calm which I find very attractive. This tense and fast-paced novel is about maternal love and about the heroines relationship with those around her, especially her children and her maid. The ＜em＞Daily Telegraph＜/e．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る