num_pages: 344
description: From 1934 until his death in 1968, Cor­nell Woolrich wrote dozens of “tales of love and despair” that chill the heart and display his mastery of the genre he all but created. In a title for a story he never wrote, he captured the essence of his tortured world: “First you dream, then you die.”Introducing these 13 tales, Nevins de­scribes the dark world Woolrich so viv­idly creates. “The dominant reality in his world is the Depression, and Woolrich has no peers when it comes to describing a frightened little guy in a tiny apartment with no money, no job, a hun­gry wife and children, and anxiety eating him like a cancer. If a Woolrich protago­nist is in love, the beloved is likely to vanish in such a way that he not only can’t find her but can’t convince anyone she ever existed.”ContentsDeath sits in the dentist's chair --Walls that hear you --Preview of death --Murder in wax --The body upstairs --Kiss of the cobra --Red liberty --Dark melody of madness --The corpse and the kid --Dead on her feet --The death of me --The showboat murders --Hot water.
language: English
title: Darkness At Dawn: Early Suspense Classics By Cornell Woolrich
titlecomplete: Darkness At Dawn: Early Suspense Classics By Cornell Woolrich
genres: Fiction, Noir, Short Stories, Mystery
ratings_count: 74
publisher: Southern Illinois University Press