"Cornell Woolrich's novels define the essence of noir nihilism."-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review One of Cornell Woolrich's most famo...
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Aug 18, 2011
Sandy
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On the cover of my Dell paperback edition of "Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (with a cover price of 25 cents), the author is listed as William Irish, with an asterisk next to the name. At the bottom of the cover, next to the footnote asterisk, is another name: George Hopley. This should not fool any prospective readers, though. Both names were pseudonyms of Cornell Woolrich, the author whom Isaac Asimov called "THE Master of Suspense"; whom his biographer, Francis Nevins, Jr., ca
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Nov 20, 2011
Chris
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I've loved Woolrich for decades. I first discovered his writing in the early 1980s via some short story reprints in EQMM and AHMM. Then I found several of his books at a used book store and I loved his work right away.
Woolrich was not always the greatest writer... his prose was quite bloated and purple, but he was, in the words of Raymond Chandler, "The best idea man in the business." What can you say about the man who INVENTED noir. Before there was film noir, there was th More...
Woolrich was not always the greatest writer... his prose was quite bloated and purple, but he was, in the words of Raymond Chandler, "The best idea man in the business." What can you say about the man who INVENTED noir. Before there was film noir, there was th More...
Sep 14, 2007
Woolrich’s predestination thriller (one of only two books he published under the name George Hopley) combines two staples he used quite often in his work: the race-against-time story and the detective story. The plot involves an aristocratic father and daughter who come in contact with a man who convinces them he can see the future, something the father turns to his financial advantage until one day being informed that he will die in a few weeks time, at the stroke of midnight, at the jaws of a
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Nov 02, 2009
Alwa
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I'm not gonna fight it—clearly doesn't work. I'll just read noir until I'm sick of it.
Jan 26, 2008
Tony
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Outside of the very intense determinism of the book--this is literary Naturalism at its most Pulp wildness--the thing to read this book for is the absolutely gorgeous prose. Woolrich is an absolutely visual thinker, and he paints dark, dark, Hopperesque pictures in words that will blow your mind. Wonderful novel.
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Dec 11, 2007
Stephen
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My friend who lives in Paris recommenced Woolrich to me. This is his first work I've read and I've since become a huge fan. This is noir fatalism at it's most palpable and inescapable.
Jan 10, 2011
Gail
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Well-written, compelling prose. Not as noir-ish as I thought it might be. Depressing, though.
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