The reasons posited for her behaviour are unexpected and yet oddly believable, but nothing is ever that straight-forward and VERTIGO delivers some twists and turns and stings in the tail that make it end up sitting somewhere between a mystery and a morality play.īeautifully translated with nary a bump to be detected in the language, VERTIGO is complicated, clever and another of those wonderful, one sitting reading experiences. The Living and the Dead (also known as Vertigo) is a 1954 psychological mystery novel by Boileau-Narcejac, originally published in French as Dentre les morts (lit. His obsession and the moral dilemmas presented to him by her husband’s insistence that he continue the friendship are understated, yet beautifully illustrated. Her behaviour whilst mysterious, is mesmerising and her beauty in the eyes of Flavières incomparable. Listen Free to Vertigo audiobook by Boileau-Narcejac, Thomas Narcejac, Pierre Boileau with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your. He seems, on the face of it, a man who was destined to be obsessed with the wife of his friend. Set at the start of World War II, the central character of Flavières is troubled by many things, not just the need at one point to flee the war’s encroachment. If you are also a fan of the film, then there is greater nuance here than the film, and plenty to conjecture about for the reader. Being a huge Hitchock fan this book particularly intrigued, but even if you’ve never seen a single Hitchcock film in your life, VERTIGO is an engaging, fascinating, and frequently beautiful book.
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