Veronica's Room
by Ira Levin
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Twenty year old Susan, a Boston University student, is accosted in a restaurant by a charming elderly Irish couple who think she resembles a long-dead daughter of the family for whom they work. Susan is induced to impersonate Veronica and once locked in her room, find herself in the role or is she really Veronica?Tags
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I opened this thinking "not enough things have the subhead 'A Melodrama' these days, and wondering what that would mean in the context of a Levin play. I'm still not sure. But, damn, that was weird.
Yup. Sure was weird. So weird, I want a slew of people to read this so maybe someone can explain to me how I feel about it.
As an aside: I've had this on my list to read for quite a few years, but it just wasn't ever the one book I was dying to read, so I never put in the effort to hunt up a copy. Kind of weird when I saw it was set outside of Boston, a city I visited for the first time just over a week ago. Plate o' shrimpy.
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Yup. Sure was weird. So weird, I want a slew of people to read this so maybe someone can explain to me how I feel about it.
As an aside: I've had this on my list to read for quite a few years, but it just wasn't ever the one book I was dying to read, so I never put in the effort to hunt up a copy. Kind of weird when I saw it was set outside of Boston, a city I visited for the first time just over a week ago. Plate o' shrimpy.
Library copy
Interesting, reminded me of a twilight zone episode. The ending had a 1973 feel to it of whats actually going on here?!
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Ira levin was born on August 27, 1929 in the Bronx, New York. He is best remembered for his novels which were made into feature films, Rosemary's Baby (1968, with Mia Farrow), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and The Stepford Wives (1975 and 2004). Levin's best-known play is Deathtrap, which holds the record as the longest-running comedy-thriller on show more Broadway. (It was also made into a feature film in 1982, starring Christpher Reeve.) His first novel, A Kiss Before Dying, earned him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Ira Levin died in Manhattan from a heart attack on November 12, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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