The Night of the Hunter

Name: The Night of the Hunter
Price: 8.99 EUR
Author: Davis Grubb
ISBN: 9781802062946

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Davis Grubb

Penguin
Paru le : 13/07/2023

'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphTwo young children hold the key to a secret... > Lire la suite

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'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphTwo young children hold the key to a secret stash of money - and a relentless psychopath is on their trail... Harry 'Preacher' Powell, his fingers tattooed with LOVE and HATE, is out of prison and doing the Devil's work. He knows his ex-cellmate hid $10, 000 somewhere. He knows how to charm his way into unsuspecting lives.
And he knows where the man's family lives. As he hunts them down, a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins. One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter is a savage tale of innocence and evil in the Depression-era South.

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Date de parution : 13/07/2023
Editeur : Penguin
Collection : Penguin Modern Classics – Crim
ISBN : 978-1-80206-294-6
EAN : 9781802062946
Format : ePub

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Biographie de Davis Grubb

Davis Grubb was born in the Ohio River town of Moundsville, West Virginia in 1919 and died in New York City in 1980. He lived a various life, writing novels and short stories, screenplays, television treatments and working as a radio announcer. The Night of the Hunter was shortlisted for the 1955 National Book Award and in the same year was made into a legendary film starring Robert Mitchum as Preacher.