Thirty Hours with a Corpse: And Other Tales of the Grand Guignol

by Maurice Level

Book Overview

Characterized by gratuitous acts of brutality and surprise endings, these tales of obsession and violence are the creations of a twentieth-century French writer whose works were staged by the legendary Th tre du Grand-Guignol of Paris. The precursors of modern thrillers and slasher films, these stories have been specially selected for this edition and introduced by horror specialist S. T. Joshi.
Thirty-nine conte cruel ("cruel tales")...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486802329
• ISBN13: 9780486802329
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"