Cult horror director Stanislas Cordova hasn't been seen in public since 1971. To his fans he is an enigma. To journalist Scott McGrath he is the enemy. To Ashley he was a father. On a damp October night the young, beautiful Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. H[...]
Ashley Cordova's death is ruled a suicide, but journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he investigates, he is drawn into the eerie world of Ashley's father - cult horror film director, Stanislas Cordova. What happened to Ashley? Who is Cordova? And once we face our deepest fears, what lies o[...]
Cult horror director Stanislas Cordova hasn't been seen in public since 1971. To his fans he is an enigma. To journalist Scott McGrath he is the enemy. To Ashley he was a father. On a damp October night the young, beautiful Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. H[...]
Marisha Pessl's "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" is an unforgettable debut novel that combines the storytelling gifts of Donna Tartt and the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock: a darkly hilarious coming-of-age tale and a richly plotted suspense story, told with dazzling intelligence and wit. 'I wrote [...]
"Dazzling" ("People"), "exuberant" ("Vogue"), "marvelously entertaining" ("The Dallas Morning News"), Marisha Pessl's mesmerizing debut has critics raving and heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in American fiction. At the center of this "cracking good read" is clever, deadpan Blue van Meer, [...]
Etter at mora dør i ei bilulykke, reiser Blue Van Meer rundt i USA sammen med faren, som foreleser på forskjellige universiteter. Da hun skal begynne på det siste året på high school, slår de seg ned i Stockton i North Carolina, hvor Blue skal gå på den fornemme skolen St. Gallway. Der komme[...]
Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, tho[...]
Brilliant, haunting, breathtakingly suspenseful, "Night Film" is a superb literary thriller by the "New York Times" bestselling author of the blockbuster debut" Special Topics in Calamity Physics."
On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse i[...]
Brilliant, haunting, breathtakingly suspenseful, "Night Film" is a superb literary thriller by the "New York Times" bestselling author of the blockbuster debut" Special Topics in Calamity Physics."
On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse i[...]
En fuktkall oktoberkväll hittas Ashley Cordova, dotter till skräckfilmsregissören Stanislas Cordova, död i en lagerlokal på nedre Manhattan. Det avskrivs som ett självmord, men journalisten Scott McGrath anar att det finns en berättelse bakom den som iscensatts.
Cordovas våldsamma fi[...]
Julkisuudesta kadonnut elokuvaohjaaja Stanislas Cordova tunnetaan väkivaltaisista, tummasävyisistä elokuvista, jotka ovat saavuttaneet kulttimaineen. Fanaattisimmat Cordovan ihailijat järjestävät niistä yöllisiä erikoisnäytöksiä katakombeissa ja kellareissa.Kun Cordovan 24-vuotias tytär[...]