Ebook {Epub PDF} Fright by George Hopley

 · Editions for Fright: (Paperback published in ), X (Paperback published in ), (Kindle Edition published in ), (ebook publi.  · Fright George Hopley IP. It’s no secret that I love Cornell Woolrich. There are several entries on this list of his work. Fright is a latecomer to me. Under the pen name of George Hopley, Woolrich wrote a book that I literally could not put down. Woolrich was a fine plotter, but his characters were strangely flat. Fright, which Woolrich originally published in under the name George Hopley, takes place during the Great War (), for no apparent reason. The war is never mentioned, and all of the /5().

Cornell Woolrich was one of the most accomplished noir writers of the century and is often ranked just behind Hammett, Chandler, and Gardner. He also wrote under the pen names William Irish and George Hopley. Dozens of films were adapted from his books, including Black Angel, Fear in the Night, Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, and Original Sin. Cornell George Hopley Woolrich (/ ˈ w ʊ l r ɪ tʃ / WUUL-ritch; December 4, - Septem) was an American novelist and short story www.doorway.ru sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley.. His biographer, Francis Nevins Jr., rated Woolrich the fourth best crime writer of his day, behind Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner and Raymond Chandler. FRIGHT is not one of Woolrich's better known works; published under the pen name "George Hopley," it has been out of print for over five decades. Many of the incidents that occur in this book appear to be written less as chapters and more as vignettes that seem to cut away unexpectedly, revealing what is to occur only later, if at all.

I have a shelf bending under the weight of Cornell Woolrich pulp novels, but I had never read Fright (by George Hopley, one of Woolrich's two pseudonyms, along with William Irish). Thanks to Hard Case Crime, Fright has been reissued with a new lurid cover (the word dishabille barely suffices for illustrator Arthur Suydam's femme fatale). Find Fright by Hopley, George at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Fright, which Woolrich originally published in under the name George Hopley, takes place during the Great War (), for no apparent reason. The war is never mentioned, and all of the anachronisms seem shoehorned into the narrative.