No 400 The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin for #1976Club
The Boys from Brazil is the fourth Ira Levin novel I’ve read in the last few years and it is yet another gem of a book. With his tense, taut plots that often incorporate elements of the supernatural, or in this case, science fiction, many of his books were successfully adapted for the screen. The…
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No 414 A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin Book 5 of #20booksofsummer
I’m sure at some point Ira Levin has written a bad book, but so far, I haven’t read it yet. Following on from my enjoyment of Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives comes another crime classic, made all the more impressive by the knowledge that this was his debut novel, published when he was just…
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No 467 The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
The Stepford Wives needs no introduction. Thanks to not one, but two movie adaptations, it has a plot so famous as to have entered cultural discourse – everyone knows what a Stepford Wife is now, but the novel upon which the films are based is a much more interesting and ambiguous affair. It is in…
No 543 Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
I know that the RIP Challenge always takes place in October, but there is something about January – the short, dark days – that I think lends itself to a good creepy read. Ira Levin’s novel is a modern horror classic, probably so well-known because of the expertly executed film adaptation, but even if…
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