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The Bad Seed

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.

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