Sliver
2 journalers for this copy...
This is a quick read and not as suspensful as I would have expected from this writer. I never saw the film and had no idea of the story, so there were a few surprises. The voyeuristic aspects of the story were, for me, the most interesting, but could have been much further elaborated.
from Amazon.com
"Short, slick, and not up to snuff is the latest suspense thriller by the author of The Boys from Brazil ( LJ 4/15/76). Levin draws on his experience as a screen playwright during the Golden Age of Television to create hero Sam Yale, a down-and-out veteran TV director who lives in a "sliver" high rise in Manhattan's Carnegie Hill district. The novel's central character is Yale's neighbor, Kay Norris, an editor at a major publishing house. The young son of a famous soap actress owns their building and seems to know everything about his tenants, past and present--including several who met grisly deaths. When it's almost too late, Norris and Yale discover their demonic landlord's secret--that he watches real-life daytime (and nighttime) dramas with TV monitors he has placed in each apartment. It's contrived, but there are some surprising moments. "
from Amazon.com
"Short, slick, and not up to snuff is the latest suspense thriller by the author of The Boys from Brazil ( LJ 4/15/76). Levin draws on his experience as a screen playwright during the Golden Age of Television to create hero Sam Yale, a down-and-out veteran TV director who lives in a "sliver" high rise in Manhattan's Carnegie Hill district. The novel's central character is Yale's neighbor, Kay Norris, an editor at a major publishing house. The young son of a famous soap actress owns their building and seems to know everything about his tenants, past and present--including several who met grisly deaths. When it's almost too late, Norris and Yale discover their demonic landlord's secret--that he watches real-life daytime (and nighttime) dramas with TV monitors he has placed in each apartment. It's contrived, but there are some surprising moments. "
Travelling to Germany with a friend who will release it there. Details to follow....
Journal Entry 3 by Ada2 from North Avoca, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, September 29, 2004
My friend read it before she went to Germany! But didn't journal it unfortunately.
This is one of a group of books going to a work colleague - hope she journals it!!!
Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
enjoyed reading
CAUGHT IN GOSFORD NSW AUSTRALIA
CAUGHT IN GOSFORD NSW AUSTRALIA
