{"product_id":"the-black-curtain-paperback","title":"The Black Curtain - 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\u003eCornell Woolrich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge P. Pelecanos\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man is accused of a murder he cannot remember . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a nightmare scenario, Frank Townsend has an apparently minor accident on his way home but he arrives to find his wife gone and doesn't recognise his apartment. He had gone to work on a normal day but didn't return for more than three years. Suffering from amnesia, he has to rediscover who he is, where he has been and what he has done. A curtain has fallen to cut off all memories of his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst among the memories he wants to recover is whether he has committed the murder of which he has been accused. A mysterious stranger with a gun has been following him while he attempts to simultaneously understand what has happened in his past while doing all he can to extricate himself from a seemingly hopeless situation and regain his reputation. He does not yet know that he is in great jeopardy and there is no one he can trust to rescue him from the abyss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e is the second of Cornell Woolrich's celebrated \"black\" books, following \u003ci\u003eThe Bride Wore Black\u003c\/i\u003e, which established his reputation as America's greatest noir writer. It was adapted into film as the classic \u003ci\u003eStreet of Chance\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn George Hopley-Woolrich, \u003cb\u003eCornell Woolrich\u003c\/b\u003e (1903-1968) is the pen name most often employed by one of America's best crime and noir writers, whose other pseudonyms included George Hopley and William Irish, the moniker under which \u003ci\u003eWaltz into Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e was first published. His novels were among the first to employ the atmosphere, outlook, and impending sense of doom that came to be characterized as noir, and inspired some of the most famous films of the period, including Alfred Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003eRear Window\u003c\/i\u003e, Francois Truffaut's \u003ci\u003eThe Bride Wore Black\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, and celebrated B-movies such as \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Angel\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Pelecanos\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twenty-two novels and story collections set in and around Washington, DC, and has been the recipient of numerous international writing awards. He is a screenwriter, essayist, and television writer\/producer whose credits include \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreme\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Deuce\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWe Own This City\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47913511944413,"sku":"9781613166284","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/g2atsYe-JO9781613166284.webp?v=1778705791","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-black-curtain-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}