Nightmare Alley - now a major feature film starring Bradley Cooper
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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Trade |
| Auflage | 2021 |
| Seiten | 400 |
| Format | 13,0 x 2,5 x 19,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 324 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781526640864 |
| Bestell-Nr | 52664086UA |
A cool, cruel, rediscovered classic of American noir in which a ruthless conman who preys on the wealthy and the weak finally meets his match when he teams up with a beautiful female psychologistNow a major motion picture, directed by Guillermo del Toro
OUT NOW IN CINEMAS AND NOMINATED FOR FOUR OSCARSA cool, cruel, rediscovered classic of American noir adapted for cinemas by Guillermo del Toro, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara'Read and shudder. And relish' Guardian'A creepy, all-too-harrowing masterpiece' Washington PostStanton Carlisle, employed as a carny at a travelling circus watches their freak-show geek - an abject alcoholic, the object of the voyeuristic crowd's gleeful disgust and derision - and wonders how a man could fall so low. There's no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him.Unlike the tragic figure he sees before him, Stan is young, clever and ambitious and quick to learn from the other carnival acts. Initially teaming up with a beautiful but vulnerable woman as part of a double act in which he mesmerises her, Stan soon leaves his circus days behind him, becoming a successful spiritualist who exploits the weak and the wealthy.But even the very best con-men can m eet their match....With a new introduction from James Smythe, Nightmare Alley is a forgotten classic of Depression-era America: a brilliant, horrifying, compulsive journey into the true darkness of the human mind.
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More than just a steamy noir classic. As a portrait of the human condition, Nightmare Alley is a creepy, all-too-harrowing masterpiece Washington Post
