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Feb 18, 2010
Tom
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Couldn't finish. Woolrich's prose is well suited to NYC and/or the depravity beneath the surface of gee-whiz amerika, but his unidimensional portrayals of barefoot south american street urchins are wholly unconvincing (not to mention condescending).... pretty impossible to read this after bolano, needless to say. too bad.
Jan 06, 2012
Mike
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Another Noir novel by Woolrich. Black Alibi was made into the movie The Leopard man by cult movie director Val Lewton. Mystery, action and great story telling alive with texture!
Jan 05, 2012
Steve
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Woolrich continues to destroy all other suspense writers of the time era with this nerve shattering tale about a killer jaguar on the loose in a South American city-- or is it something else? A wildly paced story with entire chapters dedicated to the slow destruction of a victim (the chapter with the girl trapped in a locked cemetery with the beast for example, builds and builds so brilliantly, and psycologically, you can hardly stand it.) There's a reason this was made into a fantastic film in
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Dec 29, 2010
Tim
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Woolrich followed essentially the same formula in this one that he did in[I] The Bride Wore Black[/I]. The first chapter sets up the book. Each chapter thereafter deals with a murder. The final chapter ties it up.
This book is just dripping with atmosphere. It really is suspenseful and Woolrich pulls out all the stops to emphasize the inky blackness in which the crimes take place.
The ending is pretty typical Woolrich. It doesn't make a lot of sense and seems to have b More...
This book is just dripping with atmosphere. It really is suspenseful and Woolrich pulls out all the stops to emphasize the inky blackness in which the crimes take place.
The ending is pretty typical Woolrich. It doesn't make a lot of sense and seems to have b More...
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