Rope, Paperback/Patrick Hamilton
Descriere
Genre: Drama Characters: 6 males, 2 females Scenery: Interior For the mere sake of adventure, danger, and the "fun of the thing," Wyndham Brandon persuades his weak minded friend, Charles Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate, a perfectly harmless man named Ronald Raglan. They place the body in a wooden chest, and to add spice to their handiwork, invite a few acquaintances, including the dead youth's father, to a party, the chest with its gruesome contents serving as a supper table. The horror and tension are worked up gradually; thunder grows outside, the guests leave, and we see the reactions of the two murderers, watched closely by the suspecting lame poet, Rupert Cadell. Finally they break down under the strain and confess their guilt.
Despre autor
Anthony Walter Patrick Hamilton a fost un dramaturg și romancier englez. A fost apreciat de Graham Greene și J. B. Priestley, iar studiul romanelor sale a fost reînnoit datorită stilului lor distinct, folosind o voce narativă dickensiană pentru a transmite aspecte ale culturii stradale din Londra interbelică.
