Vertigo - Softcover

Boileau & Narcejac

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747531870 ISBN 13: 9780747531876

Publisher: Bloomsbury Books, 1997

Synopsis

No longer with the police for reasons he did not care to remember, Flavieres was not a man to be surprised by little side-slips of human conduct. So, when his old friend Paul Gevigne wanted him to keep an eye on his wife, Flavieres thought the reasons were pretty obvious.

About this title

About the Author:

Pierre Boileau (1906-89) and Thomas Narcejac (1908-98) are two of  the most celebrated names in French crime fiction. Together they collaborated on more than forty thrillers, most notably Vertigo and She Who Was No More, turned into classics of noir cinema by Alfred Hitchcock and Henri-Georges Clouzot respectively.

Review:

This story of obsession, deceit and human frailty has an almost overpowering intensity... Alongside Patricia Highsmith Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac deserve recognition as part of the great tradition of chilling psychological crime fiction. Crime Fiction Lover Makes a fascinating companion to the Hitchcock film, and is, I think, an amazing book in its own right Lit Love Gallic noir at its most psychologically acute Crime Scene A fantastic book Col's Criminal Library One of the pleasures of reading the book is noting how it compares with, and in places even improves on, the film The National A timeless thriller Connexion

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0747531870
• ISBN 13: 9780747531876
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170