Never has a thirst for vengeance been quenched quite so effectively. The Bride Wore Black is Cornell Woolrich’s ode to the corrosive effects of the dark heart. The book inspired three films: Franois Truffaut’s faithful adaptation with Jeanne Moreau unforgettable in the title role and Quentin Tarantino’s two Kill Bill installments. The author of numerous classic novels and short stories (many of which were turned into classic films) such as Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Waltz Into Darkness, and I Married a Dead Man, Woolrich began. Woolrich masterfully manipulates fate, fear, power, and paranoia - the building blocks of noir fiction. Cornell Woolrich is widely regarded as the twentieth century’s finest writer of pure suspense fiction. The road is laden with twists and terror, and it ends with a staggering sucker punch to the gut. We accompany Julie on her vengeful quest. Disguised as a sexy seductress, she plots brilliant, irresistible traps for the murderers, luring each one to a violent death. She recovers from the trauma and meticulously crafts a cold-blooded revenge, morphing from blushing bride to icy assassin.One by one, she hunts down each of the killers. She steps out of the church and into a nightmare: before her eyes, her new husband is gunned down on the street by unknown assailants, for unknown reasons. Julie Killeen has just been married to the man of her dreams. With this novel, Woolrich created one of crime fiction’s most memorable femme fatales. That time-honored phrase encapsulates Cornell Woolrich’s The Bride Wore Black.
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