Knihobot

Davis Grubb

    23. červenec 1919 – 24. červenec 1980

    Grubb píše temné příběhy, které čerpají z pozorování ekonomické a sociální bídy americké společnosti. Jeho díla často zkoumají psychologii postav, které se potýkají s vnějšími hrozbami a vnitřními démony. Přestože jeho umělecká kariéra nebyla možná kvůli barvosleposti, Grubb integroval vizuální prvky do svého psaní prostřednictvím kreseb a skic. Jeho nejslavnější dílo se stalo klasikou jak v literární, tak filmové podobě, a jeho styl zůstává vlivný.

    Meines Bruders Schatten
    Gaunerparade
    Die Nacht des Jägers
    Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense. Double Indemnity. The Sea Monks. The Night Of The Hunter. The 10:30 from Marseille. Gideons Fire
    Fool's Parade
    The Night of the Hunter
    • "The basis for the classic movie starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Novels that inspired great films"--Cover.

      The Night of the Hunter
    • "Convicted murderer Mattie Appleyard has just served forty-seven years in Glory Penitentiary. His release puts him in possession of a check for $25,452.32 - the result of his having salted away his meager earnings in the Prisoner's Work-and-Hope Savings Plan of the local bank. With his friends Johnny Jesus and Lee Cottrill, he plans to open a general store that will compete with the company store in Stonecoal, West Virginia.". "Unfortunately, banker Homer Grindstaff, prison guard Uncle Doc Council, and Sheriff Duane Ewing have no intention of allowing Mattie to realize his ambitions. Mattie's efforts to cash his check set a deadly pursuit in motion and introduce the reader to a host of colorful characters and a vividly recreated regional and historical background. Good and evil meet head-on in this novel that is, by turns, warm and humorous, rousing and tumultuous."--BOOK JACKET.

      Fool's Parade