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Title: A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin, Otto Penzler ISBN: 0-7867-1164-7 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: a terrific, very readable story ... one of Levin's best
Comment: Ira Levin is one of my favorite writers. While his stories are a bit far-fetched (as with "Rosemary's Baby", "The Boys From Brazil", and "The Stepford Wives") they are always entertaining. His first book, "A Kiss Before Dying", is now largely forgotten (..it was written nearly 50 years ago) but seems remarkably fresh.
In "A Kiss Before Dying" we have a a rich college girl and her gold-digging boyfriend in a dilemna. The girl is pregnant and the choice ahead is grim: either get married and lose daddy's money, or risk an illegal abortion (remember this book takes place circa 1950). She prefers the former, he the latter. The outcome of this dilemna is unexpected (no spoilers here), and the story then really kicks into gear. Yes, in true Levin form the plot is a bit contrived. But it is deliciously readable.
Bottom line: strongly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Disgusted
Comment: I am digusted with the meanness of some of these reviews.
Although this identifies me as a naive and simpleminded reader, I must admit that I found the book impossible to put down, and speed read it in about four hours. The plot concerns a money hungry student who attempts to marry three sisters in succession, all of whom stand to inherit a lot of money. Because of some plot complications however, our protagonist is forced to murder two of the sisters. He is caught and gruesomely punished however before being able to marry and kill the third sister. (Sorry if this gives away a little of the plot.)
Rating: 5
Summary: full of suspense, not dated at all
Comment: 'A kiss before dying' was written in the fifties, and apart from some very non-essential aspects it is not dated at all. The book is about a young college student from a poor family who wants to marry a rich girl and for that he is prepared to do practically everything. Until she meets the wrong person, who starts digging... There are some very ingenious turns in the book, so telling more about the story would only give it all away. I can only say Read it! It is definitely worth your time.
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Title: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, Peter Straub ISBN: 0060080841 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 23 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: This Perfect Day: A Novel by Ira Levin ISBN: 0394448588 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: June, 1970 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Son of Rosemary: The Sequel to Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin ISBN: 0451194721 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Red Right Hand by Joel Townsley Rogers ISBN: 0786704462 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin ISBN: 0451194004 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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