Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by two story collections) explores the sinister side of desire in Bakersfield, California, circa 1959, when a famous director arrives to scout locations for a film about madness and murder at a roadside motel. One of the cleverest suspense conceits Ive encountered in a long time: two young lovers become entwined in a doomed affair, while, at the same time, Hitchcock and his minions begin setting up their equipment in sleepy Bakersfield . . . an atmospheric tale of twisted minds and small-town murder." (Maureen Corrigan, NPR) SIGNED on the title page (an uncommon signature) In 1923, Munoz received the MacArthur award…
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by two story collections) explores the sinister side of desire in Bakersfield, California, circa 1959, when a famous director arrives to scout locations for a film about madness and murder at a roadside motel. One of the cleverest suspense conceits Ive encountered in a long time: two young lovers become entwined in a doomed affair, while, at the same time, Hitchcock and his minions begin setting up their equipment in sleepy Bakersfield . . . an atmospheric tale of twisted minds and small-town murder." (Maureen Corrigan, NPR) SIGNED on the title page (an uncommon signature) In 1923, Munoz received the MacArthur award for "depicting with empathy and nuance the Mexican American communities of California's Central Valley" and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize which "honors a mid-career author of fiction who has earned a distinguished following." 251 pp. ISBN: 978-1565125339.
New York: Berkley, (2010). Hardcover first edition - Marli Renfro was a model who acted as Janet Leigh's nude body double in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho - only to fade into obscurity, a footnote in Hollywood history. When a serial killer with a fetish for the classic Hitchcock shocker was discovered, there were rumors and seemingly substantiated stories that she had been one of his victims. As Graysmith investigated Marli's story, he becomes obsessed with her and wonders if was possible that Marli was still alive. Bibliography, index. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0425232316.
WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DARK.
THE GIRL IN ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S SHOWER: A Murder That Became a Real-Life Mystery, A Mystery That Became an Obsession.
