Synopsis
A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fiancee'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.
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Ruth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel, From Doon With Death, was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford, who went on to feature in twenty-four of her subsequent novels. With worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, Rendell was a regular Sunday Times bestseller. Her sixty bestselling novels include police procedurals, some of which have been successfully adapted for TV, stand-alone psychological mysteries, and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Very much abreast of her times, the Wexford books in particular often engaged with social or political issues close to her heart. Rendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View, a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986, and the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990. In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. Ruth Rendell died in May 2015. Her final novel, Dark Corners, is scheduled for publication in October 2015
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"She can make a scene between two women sitting in a cafe as violent as anything you've seen between a couple of guys with baseball bats"
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Proof. The Fallen Curtainis a collection of 11 short stories by British writer Ruth Rendell. The title story won the MWA Edgar Award for Best Short Story of the Year in 1975. The book was first published in the UK in 1976 by Hutchinson. All stories with the exception of People Don't Do Such Things, The Vinegar Mother and Divided We Stand were first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in the early to mid-1970's. Contents The Fallen Curtain People Don't Do Such Things A Bad Heart (in the magazine publication under the title Trapped) You Can't Be Too Careful The Double (in the magazine publication under the title Meeting in the Park) The Venus Fly Trap (in the magazine publication under the title Venus's Flytrap) The Clinging Woman (in some publications under the title His Worst Enemy) The Vinegar Mother The Fall of a Coin Almost Human Divided We Stand This uncorrected proof copy of the first edition is near fine in orange paper printed wrappers. Just very slight edge wear. No other marks or damage at all. CH26. Seller Inventory # B1430
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Very nice book, tight and square with bright covers and spine, clean unmarked interior. Sturdy binding. The unclipped jacket has just minimal edge wear. Seller Inventory # 018558
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The Fallen Curtain and other stories
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. From the publisher: A collection of Ruth Rendell psychologically chilling murder mysteries. A wife plots her husband's psychological destruction - then his murder; a son is ruined by his mother's obsession; a man marries the woman he rescues from suicide, only to become the victim of her obsessiveness; and a family feud brings unimaginable horror. The book was awarded an Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America. This copy is near fine in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Very slight bumping at the spine ends is the only issue. The unclipped DJ has slight shelf wear. A very nice copy overall. Seller Inventory # B1069
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