A Kiss Before Dying is a 1953 novel written by Ira Levin. It won the 1954 Edgar Award, for Best First Novel. I'll say first of all that I have never been as disappointed in a book as I was in this one before I even started reading it. It was however, my own fault. I have no idea why I own thi...
When it all boils down you gonna find in the endA bitch is a bitch, but a dog is a man's best friendSo what you found you a hoe that you likeBut you can't make a hoe a housewifeClearly Dr. Dre has never been to Stepford. You can make ANYONE a housewife there. In October 2011, I read Rosemary's Ba...
This is going to be a spoiler-filled ranty ragefest, so if you are interested in reading this book, and don't want me to save you from yourself, then you should stop reading this review now. Because I'm about to give away the ending, and nobody likes that kind of spoiler. You've been warned.Dear ...
Who are The Boys From Brazil? And can there really be a Nazi plot to implement the "Fourth Reich"?"Two factors are necessary for a resurgence of Nazism ... a worsening of social conditions till they approximate those of the early thirties and the emergence of a Hitler-like leader." - Yakov Lieber...
I knew from a young age that I probably didn't have the maternal instinct that is necessary to raise a child. I hated dolls- they creeped me out, and instead of dressing up the ones I was given as gifts- the dolls sat in the corner in various stages of undress- while I wheeled my cat whiskers aro...
Dystopian novels are all the rage these days, so I figured I’d give this one another look… This Perfect Day is Levin’s third novel, following the exquisitely structured and perfectly paced A Kiss Before Dying and the similarly fantastic Rosemary’s Baby. TPD is a longer narrative than either of th...
Son of Rosemary opens at the dawn of the new millennium - a time when human hope is shadowed by growing fear and uncertainty, and the world is in greatest need of a savior. It is here - against a glittering backdrop of New York City in 1999 - that Rosemary is reunited with her son. It is also her...
Su nombre es Li RM35M4419, pero se hace llamar Chip. Era un miembro feliz de una sociedad perfecta, la Familia. Recibía un tratamiento cada mes, gozaba de sexo una vez a la semana, aceptaba con alegría los trabajos que le adjudicaban, tenia cubiertas todas sus necesidades con sólo solicitarlas, a...
Monday, October 14th, was a cool and overcast day, but four Reuters people came to the Garten anyway; they settled themselves on a bench, unwrapped sandwiches, and poured white wine into paper cups. One of the four, the wine-pourer, was Sydney Beynon, Reuters’ senior Vienna correspondent. A forty...
