{"product_id":"dont-look-now-selected-stories-of-daphne-du-maurier-paperback","title":"Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaphne du Maurier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic horror stories by one of masters of the form. Full of bone-chilling tales, this collection includes \"The Birds,\" the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same title, and other creepy classics. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century. In books like \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin Rachel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJamaica Inn \u003c\/i\u003eshe transformed the small dramas of everyday life--love, grief, jealousy--into the stuff of nightmares. Less known, though no less powerful, are her short stories, in which she gave free rein to her imagination in narratives of unflagging suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick McGrath's revelatory new selection of du Maurier's stories shows her at her most chilling and most psychologically astute: a dead child reappears in the alleyways of Venice; routine eye surgery reveals the beast within to a meek housewife; nature revolts against man's abuse by turning a benign species into an annihilating force; a dalliance with a beautiful stranger offers something more dangerous than a broken heart. McGrath draws on the whole of du Maurier's long career and includes surprising discoveries together with famous stories like \"The Birds.\" \u003ci\u003eDon't Look Now\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect introduction to a peerless storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaphne du Maurier\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-1989)was the daughter of the legendary actor-manager Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author of the vastly successful late-Victorian novel \u003ci\u003eTrilby \u003c\/i\u003eand cartoonist for the magazine \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e. She grew up in London and Cornwall, where she would settle as an adult. Du Maurier published her first novel when she was twenty-three and would go on to write seventeen more, many of them best-sellers, including \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin Rachel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJamaica Inn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most popular novels of the twentieth century. In addition to her fiction, du Maurier wrote several family biographies, a biography of Branwell Brontë, a study of Cornwall, two plays, and a good deal of journalism. She was married to Tommy \"Boy\" Browning and was the mother of three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two story collections and seven novels, including \u003ci\u003ePort Mungo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr. Haggard's Disease\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpider\u003c\/i\u003e, (which he also adapted for the screen), and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Wardrobe Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMartha Peake: A Novel of the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e won Italy's Premio Flaiano Prize, and his 1996 novel, \u003ci\u003eAsylum\u003c\/i\u003e, was short-listed for both the Whitbread and the Guardianfiction prizes. McGrath is the co-editor of a collection of short fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe New Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7.96 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52026946879789,"sku":"9781590172889","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dont-look-now-selected-stories-of-daphne-du-maurier-paperback-9229140.webp?v=1777424346","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/dont-look-now-selected-stories-of-daphne-du-maurier-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}