A Demon in My View
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| A Demon in my View | |
| Author | Ruth Rendell |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Crime, Mystery Novel |
| Publisher | Hutchinson |
| Publication date | 3 May 1976 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 184 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-09-126100-7 (first edition, hardback) |
| Preceded by | Shake Hands Forever |
| Followed by | The Fallen Curtain |
A Demon in my View is a novel by British author Ruth Rendell. First published in 1976, it won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year, gaining Rendell the first of six Dagger awards she received during her career, more than any other writer.
[edit] Synopsis
A man researches psychopathic personalities, oblivious to his apparently harmless neighbor's murderous activities.
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[edit] Sample text
- Her white face, beautiful, unmarked by any flaw of skin or feature, stared blankly back at him. He fancied that she had cringed, her slim body pressing further into the wall behind her He didn't speak. He had never known how to talk to women. There was only one thing he had ever been able to do to women and, advancing now, smiling, he did it. Then, when it was all over, he straightened her against the wall so that she would be ready to die for him again. It was the best thing in his life, just knowing she was there, waiting until the next time... But one day she wasn't there waiting...
[edit] Film version
The novel was made into a film, also titled A Demon in My View, in 1992. It starred Anthony Perkins and was also set in London. (A Demon in My View at the Internet Movie Database).
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