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The novel that started it all - Cover Charge - Cornell Woolrich's first novel was published in 1926. Woolrich, had just turned 22 years old, a year younger than when his great influence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, first published This Side of Paradise.
The period, 1917 to 1925 - the Jazz Age. The style is clearly influenced by Fitzgerald yet Woolrich succeeded in showcasing his own talent in the story, starting a career that continued until his death in 1968.
The story follows the loves and lives of a number of sons and daughters flitting their way through their lives.
Reviewers clearly saw the promise. New York World said "skillfully written by a knowing hand." The Literary Review said the novel "has verve and facility and keen perceptions. His book is remarkably readable and, for one of his age, remarkably craftsmanlike."
Revered by mystery fans, students of film noir, and lovers of hardboiled crime fiction and detective novels, Cornell Woolrich remains almost unknown to the general reading public. His obscurity persists even though his Hollywood pedigree rivals or exceeds that of Cain, Chandler, and Hammett.
"What Woolrich lacked in literary prestige he made up for in suspense. Nobody was better at it."-- Francis M. Nevins, Cornell Woolrich Biographer
The period, 1917 to 1925 - the Jazz Age. The style is clearly influenced by Fitzgerald yet Woolrich succeeded in showcasing his own talent in the story, starting a career that continued until his death in 1968.
The story follows the loves and lives of a number of sons and daughters flitting their way through their lives.
Reviewers clearly saw the promise. New York World said "skillfully written by a knowing hand." The Literary Review said the novel "has verve and facility and keen perceptions. His book is remarkably readable and, for one of his age, remarkably craftsmanlike."
Revered by mystery fans, students of film noir, and lovers of hardboiled crime fiction and detective novels, Cornell Woolrich remains almost unknown to the general reading public. His obscurity persists even though his Hollywood pedigree rivals or exceeds that of Cain, Chandler, and Hammett.
"What Woolrich lacked in literary prestige he made up for in suspense. Nobody was better at it."-- Francis M. Nevins, Cornell Woolrich Biographer
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