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Author | Cornell Woolrich |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Mystery novel |
Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date
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1941 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 305 pp |
OCLC | 7822613 |
Preceded by | The Bride Wore Black |
Followed by | Marihuana |
The Black Curtain is a mystery novel written by Cornell Woolrich. The book was initially published in 1941 by Grosset & Dunlap.
The story concerns a man with amnesia, named Frank Townsend. He cannot remember anything from the previous three years of his life. As it turns out, he may be a suspected murderer. He struggles to find a loophole in the overwhelming evidence.
There has been one cinematic adaptation of the novel, one on radio, and one much later done for television