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Fallen Curtain : Stories by Ruth Rendell (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Fallen Curtain : Stories, Paperback by Rendell, Ruth, ISBN 0375704922, ISBN-13 9780375704925, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Psychological insights are shared in tales about guilt and recrimination, obsessive fears, and mental derangement.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100375704922

ISBN-139780375704925

eBay Product ID (ePID)1574345

Product Key Features

Book TitleFallen Curtain : Stories

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicMystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author), Thrillers / Psychological, General

GenreFiction

AuthorRuth Rendell

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-277125

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"Rendell transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."- Los Angeles Times "One of the best concoctors of plots since the early Agatha Christie."- Daily Telegraph, London "Ruth Rendell leads the field."- The Observer, "Rendell transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."-Los Angeles Times "One of the best concoctors of plots since the early Agatha Christie."-Daily Telegraph,London "Ruth Rendell leads the field."-The Observer, "Rendell transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."- Los Angeles Times "One of the best concoctors of plots since the early Agatha Christie."- Daily Telegraph, London "Ruth Rendell leads the field."- The Observer

SynopsisA stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fianc e's double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from suicide--only to fall victim to an unfathomable form of possessiveness... In the eleven tales gathered in The Fallen Curtain , Ruth Rendell--the grande dame of the literary mystery--lays bare the twisted inner workings of the unbalanced mind. Here are eleven tales of haunting psychological accuracy: the gesture that betrays a parent's madness, the childhood memory clouded with denial, the utterance that introduces the threat of violence in a situation as benign as a dinner date. Instantly engaging, maddeningly addictive, The Fallen Curtain testifies to the enduring talents of a master of the genre., A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fianc's double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from suicide--only to fall victim to an unfathomable form of possessiveness'. In the eleven tales gathered in The Fallen Curtain, Ruth Rendell lays bare the twisted inner workings of the unbalanced mind., A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fiancée's double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from suicide--only to fall victim to an unfathomable form of possessiveness... In the eleven tales gathered in The Fallen Curtain , Ruth Rendell--the grande dame of the literary mystery--lays bare the twisted inner workings of the unbalanced mind. Here are eleven tales of haunting psychological accuracy: the gesture that betrays a parent's madness, the childhood memory clouded with denial, the utterance that introduces the threat of violence in a situation as benign as a dinner date. Instantly engaging, maddeningly addictive, The Fallen Curtain testifies to the enduring talents of a master of the genre.

LC Classification NumberPR6068.E63F3 2001