The Night of the Hunter
$23.69
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2023
Summary
A rediscovered diabolical slice of great American noir.
“What kind of a man would have his fingers tattooed that way? … What kind of a man? What kind of a preacher?”
One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter centers on the ferocious, unforgettable figure of Preacher, a psychopath who relentlessly pursues two children who may or may not know the secret of where the money from a bank raid is hidden.
Set in a brilliantly rendered Depression-era Ameri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241640425 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241640423 |
| Author: | Davis Grubb |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 192g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage |
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Critics Review
Davis Grubb’s The Night of the Hunter remains the gold standard of southern noir. Grubb’s unforgettably charismatic and psychopathic villain, Harry Powell, still has the power to flood your twenty-first century dreams with terror. – Richard PriceA thriller which commands one’s frozen attention. It is also a work of beauty and power and astonishing verbal magic. * New York Times *
About The Author
Davis Grubb
Davis Grubb was born in the Ohio River town of Moundsville, West Virginia in 1919 and died in New York City in 1980. He lived a various life, writing novels and short stories, screenplays, television treatments and working as a radio announcer. The Night of the Hunter was shortlisted for the 1955 National Book Award and in the same year was made into a legendary film starring Robert Mitchum as Preacher.
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