The Big Book of Reel Murders by Otto Penzler - ISBN: 9780525563884
Paperback
Edgar Award-winning editor Penzler’s new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood is made of. He delivers the director’s cut on these classic short stories and the films they gave rise to.

The Big Book of Reel Murders

Stories that Inspired Great Crime Films

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  • Paperback

    1200 pages

  • Release Date

    15 October 2019

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Summary

Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler’s new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood is made of. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original.Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. There’s the W. Somerset Maugham short story that inspired Hitchcock’s Secret Agent; Robert Louis Stevenson’s horrifying tale that was later turned into the icon…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780525563884
ISBN-10:0525563881
Author:Otto Penzler
Publisher:Alfred A. Knopf
Imprint:Alfred A. Knopf
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:1200
Release Date:15 October 2019
Weight:1.26kg
Dimensions:232mm x 177mm x 49mm
About The Author

Otto Penzler

OTTO PENZLER is the editor of sixteen Vintage Crime/Black Lizard anthologies, including The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries, The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories, The Big Book of Jack the Ripper, The Big Book of Rogues and Villains, and, most recently, The Big Book of Female Detectives. He lives in New York City, where he is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop.

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