Vera Caspary (1899–1987)
Autore di Laura
Sull'Autore
Opere di Vera Caspary
Thicker than water 5 copie
The weeping and the laughter 3 copie
La signora in visone 2 copie
The white girl 2 copie
Ladies and Gents 2 copie
Retrato terminado 2 copie
Music in the street 1 copia
Sugar and Spice 1 copia
Opere correlate
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense (2013) — Collaboratore — 173 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Caspary, Vera
- Altri nomi
- Caspary, Vera Louise
- Data di nascita
- 1899-11-13
- Data di morte
- 1987-06-13
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- business college
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
screenwriter
short story writer
playwright - Organizzazioni
- Communist Party
League of American Writers - Agente
- Edith Haggard
- Breve biografia
- Vera Caspary was born in Chicago, the youngest of four children in a Russian-German Jewish immigrant family. After her high school graduation in 1917, her father enrolled her in a six-month course in a business college. Subsequently, she began working as a stenographer and held a series of menial office jobs, producing articles for magazines in her spare time. By 1927, she had become a full-time freelance writer. She was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter and also published about 20 novels. In 1949, she married one of her writing collaborators, Isidor "I.G." Goldsmith, a film producer born in Vienna. The couple split their time between Hollywood and Europe until his death in 1964.
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GROUP READ for September 2013 - Laura by Vera Caspary (NO SPOILERS!) in 2013 Category Challenge (Ottobre 2013)
"Laura" by Vera Caspary in Book talk (Luglio 2012)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 34
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 1,085
- Popolarità
- #23,680
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 38
- ISBN
- 59
- Lingue
- 7
- Preferito da
- 3
A woman is shot in the face when she answers the front door. She is identified as Laura, the woman who rents the apartment. The damage to her face is so extensive that some of the people have doubts.
Waldo Lydecker, a snide, self-centered gossip columnist claims to be a close friend of Laura, and also to have strong feelings for her.
Shelby Carpenter, a smooth, southern gentleman, who is engaged to Laura. They were to married the day after the day she was murdered.
Mark McPherson, the detective assigned to the case, finds he is fascinated by Laura to the point that he is possibly falling for her. A distraction he doesn’t need to succumb to.
Lydecker and Carpenter each make good suspects. For McPherson either one would do, but he is a man for truth and not publicity. He takes his time and learns more about Laura than he expected. Each suspect has secrets regarding their friendship with Laura.
Obsession, guile, subterfuge, suspicion and sarcasm run throughout the book. Sifting through layers, the relationships separate to disclose the murderer.
A classic read, that was also a hit movie. Between the two, the book was better for mood and tension.… (altro)