Books : The Bad Seed (P.S.)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780060795481
ISBN: 0060795484
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 28, 2005
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Sales Rank: 122604
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Now reissued – William March's 1954 classic thriller that's as chilling, intelligent and timely as ever before. This paperback reissue includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested reading and more.
What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This is the question at the center of William march's classic thriller. After its initial publication in 1954, the book went on to become a million–copy bestseller, a wildly successful Broadway show, and a Warner Brothers film. The spine–tingling tale of little Rhoda Penmark had a tremendous impact on the thriller genre and generated a whole perdurable crop of creepy kids. Today, The Bad Seed remains a masterpiece of suspense that's as chilling, intelligent, and timely as ever before.
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Published in 1954, William March's last novel, "The Bad Seed" was a somewhat shocking, bluntly forthright novel in its time. Viewed from today's perspective, March's frank discussion of sexuality and murder is not as shocking. However, March's creation of the child serial killer Rhoda Penmark, is horrific and chilling, the impetus for a whole plethora of creepy kids in literature and movies.
"The Bad Seed" centers around Mrs. Christine Penmark and her daughter Rhoda, who we learn from ... Read More
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'The Bad Seed' is certainly a great horror story, made even more remarkable since it was written in the early 1950s when the world was thought to be a kinder, gentler place. In it we have a young mother at the end of her tether in dealing with her adolescent daughter. Her daughter is not all peaches and cream. She is a cold, emotionless psychopath. She doesn't recognize good from bad. All she knows is that when she wants something ... SHE GETS IT. Poor mother eventually comes to grips as to why ... Read More
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FOR ALL OF US "OLDER" PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO REMEMBER THE MOVIE, THIS IS A GREAT COMPANION TO THE MOVIE. OF COURSE LIKE ALL BOOKS AND MOVIES MADE FROM BOOKS YOU HAVE YOUR OWN MENTAL INTRERPATATION OF EACH. ALL IN ALL, GREAT BOOK WORTH READING, BUT A BETTER MOVIE.
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I imagine "The Bad Seed" was a truly shocking story back in the fifties when it first came out and it remains a chilling little tale that is well written and quite believable. The sad thing is that you can pick up a newspaper today and read more shocking stories about real childhood psychopaths.
I thought the characters were well developed and the story moved well. I watched the movie (1950's version) last night for the first time and though the movie got all the attention and is what most ... Read More
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i got this book at noon the other day and finished it by eight that evening - - a page turner, gripping, gothic, yet campy and with a sense of irony about that campiness that endeared the book to me.
eloquently written, his language is engaging yet elegant, revealing and graphic, yet dark and mysterious, like sinister housewife gossip and whispered rumours.
if you root for the anti-hero (and believe me this book has one HELL of a little anti-hero to offer), this is definitely the book for you. ... Read More
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