The Night of the Hunter

Name: The Night of the Hunter
ISBN: 9781596542297

Davis Grubb

1953·220 pages

Crime Horror

classics dark gritty noir

National Book Award (1955) · Nominee

Inspired by serial killer Harry Powers, "The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," who was hung in 1932 for his murders of two widows and three children. This novel, first published in 1953 to wide acclaim by author Grubb, (who like Powers lived in Clarksburg, West Virginia), served as the basis for Charles Laughton's noir classic. Renamed "Harry Powell," the lead character in this book, with LOVE and HATE tattooed on his fingers, is remembered as one of the creepiest men in book and cinema history.

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