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2 days ago · The Noir Film Festival already highlighted the important legacy of the American novelist Patricia Highsmith in the past and this year it will shine a light on other prominent figures: Vera Caspary (Laura, Bedelia), Dorothy B. Hughes (The Fallen Sparrow), Ethel Lina White (The Spiral Staircase) and Marie Belloc Lowndes (The Lodger). Milan Hain
1 day ago · I’m so glad to see that you listed “Unless.” I loved Carol Shields’s novels—my first was “The Republic of Love,” followed by the strange and wonderful “Swann,” and then “The Stone Diaries.” “Unless” has an ending that devastates, and knowing that Ms. Shields struggled to finish it before she passed makes it even more bittersweet.
2 days ago · Věra Čáslavská ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈvjɛra ˈtʃaːslafskaː]; 3 May 1942 – 30 August 2016) was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official. She won a total of 22 international titles between 1959 and 1968 including seven Olympic gold medals, four world titles and eleven European championships.
10 hours ago · Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel: McFarland & Company: Finalist T. J. English: The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge: William Morrow & Co. Finalist 2013: John Connolly and Declan Burke (eds.) Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels
4 days ago · Basada en la novela homónima de la escritora y guionista Vera Caspary, en la película actúan Gene Tierney –tal vez una de las más bellas actrices norteamericanas de ese periodo–, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price y Judith Anderson.
4 days ago · It’s obvious that Lucy and Bob are in love–obvious to Olive that is. Olive is in a rest home and Lucy, after being introduced to 90-year-old Olive, begins to visit. The novel contains several interwoven subplots: Bob Burgess takes on a murder case when he decides to defend Matthew Beach who is accused of murdering his venomous mother, the ...
5 days ago · Vera is a British crime drama television series that follows the life and work of DCI Vera Stanhope, played by Brenda Blethyn. The show also features an ensemble cast of talented actors and actresses who bring their characters to life.
