RARA-AVIS: Re: I MARRIED A DEAD MAN, by Woolrich 1948

From: Ed Lynskey ( e_lynskey@yahoo.com)
Date: 11 Dec 2002


--- abc@wt.net wrote:
> I'm not a particular fan of Woolrich, but I thought that I
> MARRIED A DEAD MAN was the weakest of the books of his that
> I've read.
>
> Bill Crider

I agree. Besides an interest in the before-mentioned lyrical (purple) prose, I also wondered how it would end. Enough so that I stuck with reading it through.

A better book, IMO, was THE PHANTOM LADY. I liked the sense of urgency to propel the plot.

Ed Lynskey

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