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Title: Laura. by Vera Caspary, George Sklar ISBN: 0-8222-0646-3 Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service Pub. Date: January, 1998 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Enduring Masterpiece
Comment: Though written in 1943 and made into the classic film by Otto Preminger this classic murder mystery/romance is as fresh today as it was then. If you have not read this you are in for a real treat.
It is the story of a detective investigating the shotgun murder of Laura Hunt. During the course of Detective Mark McPherson's investigation he moves uneasily into the high society crowd that was Laura's world. McPherson writes most of the narrative and we see through his eyes the shallow affectations of the upper class, and like the detective we begin to wonder how a girl like Laura ended up a society page murder sensation.
Who killed Laura is only part of the story as McPherson begins to fall in love with the dead girl. Then one rainy night in her apartment while he is reading her diary, something so startling happens that the whole case is turned upside down. This book is a terrific read up until this point. It then turns into the finest murder mystery/romance in American literature.
It is just a fantastic read you will never forget. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of this fine classic today.
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll fall in love with Laura Hunt
Comment: I watched the film on the French TV on a sunday evening and bought the book on the following day. It's really a tremendous plot, a good old detective novel. You'll identify yourself with the girl or the detective. Read it, or you'll miss something. As great as the best Ellery Queen, William Irish or Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Rating: 5
Summary: The novel, not the movie.
Comment: I'm judging this book for its genre, which I believe to be romantic suspense. In this sense, not in the sense of War and Peace, I gave it five stars. The writing is straightforward, could be read by a seventh grader, but the characters are quite strongly drawn. Its background, posh society of the Upper East Side of New York City in the 40's is efficiently depicted. When the hard-boiled detective begins to fall in love with the dead girl, we have an original plot. Caspary gives us enough literary clues to suggest the solution to the murder. The story is narrated by the sponsor of the dead girl, the detective and by Laura herself. These aspects are skillfully done. Each "voice" rings true, providing us with enough variety to keep a fairly simple theme going.
The movie has some changes in characters, with a slightly different denouement, but the novel version is somehow less dated. We think of the story as unfolding in a time past, so its dime postage stamps and taxis that will travel to Westchester are period touches, not outdated.
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Title:Laura ASIN: 630266232X Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Pub. Date: 20 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $12.98 |
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Title: A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell ISBN: 0399151729 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 25 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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