num_pages: 256
description: Now reissued – William March's 1954 classic thriller that's as chilling, intelligent and timely as ever before. This paperback reissue includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested reading and more.What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This is the question at the center of William March's classic thriller. After its initial publication in 1954, the book went on to become a million–copy bestseller, a wildly successful Broadway show, and a Warner Brothers film. The spine–tingling tale of little Rhoda Penmark had a tremendous impact on the thriller genre and generated a whole perdurable crop of creepy kids. Today, The Bad Seed remains a masterpiece of suspense that's as chilling, intelligent, and timely as ever before.
language: English
title: The Bad Seed
titlecomplete: The Bad Seed
characters: Monica Breedlove, Christine Penmark, Leroy Jessup, Claude Daigle, Kenneth Penmark, Rhoda Penmark
genres: Crime, Suspense, Classics, Novels, Thriller, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Horror, Mystery
ratings_count: 18293
awards: awardedAt: -473356800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial