{"product_id":"wisteria-cottage-valancourt-20th-century-classics-paperback","title":"Wisteria Cottage (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) - 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\u003eRobert M. Coates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMathilde Roza\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Florence Hackett and her daughters Elinor and Louisa, Richard Baurie, a handsome young bookstore clerk and aspiring poet, seems a little odd but harmless enough. With his amusing conversation and his eager-to-please attitude, Richard works his way into the Hacketts' confidence until he is almost one of the family. When he suggests they rent Wisteria Cottage, a charming seaside residence, it seems to promise a summer of pleasant companionship and fun. What the Hacketts don't know is that Richard is a deeply troubled individual, recently released from a mental institution, and that their relaxing summer holiday will soon turn into a terrifying nightmare....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant psychological examination of criminal insanity, Robert M. Coates's \u003cem\u003eWisteria Cottage\u003c\/em\u003e (1948) earned rave reviews on its initial publication and was adapted for the 1958 film noir \u003cem\u003eEdge of Fury\u003c\/em\u003e. As Mathilde Roza writes in the introduction to this new edition, \"the novel has lost nothing of its remarkable power of taking the reader into a disturbed man's world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant tour de force.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Top peaks of terror . . . a grade-A psycho-thriller \"⁠--\u003cem\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As direct and frightening as the uncoiling of a serpent.\"⁠--\u003cem\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377753481581,"sku":"9781948405607","price":37.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/RTNGVWNFZ3ErMGtYblpYK2wyOGdhZz09.webp?v=1779965663","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/wisteria-cottage-valancourt-20th-century-classics-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}