Manhattan Love Song
by Cornell Woolrich
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"Nothing beats a tale of fatalistic dread by the supreme master of suspense, Cornell Woolrich. His novels and hundreds of short stories define the essence of noir nihilism."-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book ReviewThe father of modern noir first wanted to be the second F. Scott Fitzgerald. This 1932 novel brilliantly showcases Cornell Woolrich's transition from modernist to pulp master, as the reader follows a young Manhattan couples' tragic fall from grace.Cornell Woolrich reinvented show more suspense fiction for the twentieth century. For four decades hundreds of his stories appeared in popular American pulp magazines while motion picture directors as varied as Hitchcock and Truffaut memorably translated his work into such classic suspense films as Rear Window and The Bride Wore Black. He died, alone in a Manhattan hotel room, in 1968. show lessTags
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Cornell Woolrich was born in New York City in 1903. While he was attending Columbia University, Woolrich wrote Children of the Ritz, which won a $10,000 prize. More than 30 of Woolrich's works have been adapted for films or TV, his most famous being Rear Window, an Alfred Hitchcock creation. The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus is a collection of his best show more works including Rear Window, I Married a Dead Man, and Waltz into Darkness. Cornell Woolrich died in 1968. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Manhattan love song
- Original title
- Manhattan love song
- Original publication date
- 1932
- People/Characters
- Wade; Maxine; Bernice Pascal; Tenacity Lowell
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- First words
- First she was just a figure moving toward me in the distance, among a great many others doing the same thing.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But some day soon, soon now, the world wouldn't have to wonder that about me.
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