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082 | 0 | _aFIC REN | |
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_aRendell, Ruth _d(, 1930-2015) |
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_aThe fallen curtain _c/ Ruth Rendell |
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_aNew York _b: Vintage Books _c, c1976. |
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_a188p. _c; 21 cm. |
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440 | 0 | _aBlack Lizard | |
505 | _aThe fallen curtain -- People don't do such things -- A bad heart -- You can't be too careful -- The double -- Venus' fly-trap -- His worst enemy -- The vinegar mother -- The fall of a coin -- Almost human -- Divided we stand. | ||
520 | _aA 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 parents 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. | ||
650 | 4 | _aDetective and mystery stories | |
655 | 7 | _aShort stories | |
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