The Black Angel

Output is not quality, of course, but as Ray Bradbury noted, it produces quality, and Cornell Woolrich was prolific. He also is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. What cinches his place in history is a stretch where he published one great novel of gripping, enduring suspense after......more

Cornell Woolrich was called the Father of Noir, and I listened to this book because I have been dipping back into some noir, thanks to my reading of some graphic novels by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. And I discovered Woolrich had written the short story, “It Had to Be Murder,” on which Hitchcock’......more

Imagine: your husband has been cheating on you for quite some time already and he is being accused of killing his mistress. Me: Let him rot in jail. But the heroine in Woolrich's novel reacts rather differently! That's why we have this novel! LOL 3.5 stars, the opening is strong and captivating but the......more

Strano giallo narrato in prima persona dalla protagonista che, non pienamente riuscito, risente di una eccessiva verbosita' (anche se di classe) e di descrizioni troppo pesanti che rallentano inesorabilmente il ritmo. Alcune pagine felici sono di piacevole lettura, soprattutto per la notazione socia......more