内容简介
Nowreissued–WilliamMarch's1954classicthrillerthat'saschilling,intelligentandtimelyaseverbefore.ThispaperbackreissueincludesanewP.S.sectionwithauthorinterviews,insights,features,suggestedreadingandmore.Whathappenstoordinaryfamiliesintowhosemidstachildserialkillerisborn?ThisisthequestionatthecenterofWilliammarch'sclassicthriller.Afteritsinitialpublicationin1954,thebookwentontobecomeamillion–copybestseller,awildlysuccessfulBroadwayshow,andaWarnerBrothersfilm.Thespine–tinglingtaleoflittleRhodaPenmarkhadatremendousimpactonthethrillergenreandgeneratedawholeperdurablecropofcreepykids.Today,TheBadSeedremainsamasterpieceofsuspensethat'saschilling,intelligent,andtimelyaseverbefore.
作者简介
WilliamMarch(1893-1954)wasborninMobile,Alabama,attendedValparaisoUniversityinIndiana,andstudiedlawattheUniversityofAlabama.HeservedintheMarineCorpsduringWorldWarIandwasawardedtheDistinguishedServiceCross,theNavyCross,andtheCroixdeGuerrewithPalm.Afterthewar,hetookajobwiththeWatermanSteamshipCorporation,andworkedthereforeighteenyearsbeforegivinguphispositiontodevotehimselftowriting.Marchpublishedthreevolumesofstoriesandsixnovels,includingTheBadSeed,hisfinalbook.