Cordova is a monomaniacal genius who creeps into the darkest crevices of the human psyche. “Mysterious and even a little head-spinning, an amazing act of imagination.”-Dean Baquet, The New York Times Book Review Your average writer of thrillers should lust for Pessl’s deft touch with character.”-Joe Hill, The New York Times Book Review “Night Film has been precision-engineered to be read at high velocity, and its energy would be the envy of any summer blockbuster. Includes a bonus PDF of interactive images Night Film, the gorgeously written, spellbinding new novel by the dazzlingly inventive Marisha Pessl, will hold you in suspense until you turn the final page. The last time he got close to exposing the director, McGrath lost his marriage and his career. Though much has been written about Cordova’s dark and unsettling films, very little is known about the man himself.ĭriven by revenge, curiosity, and a need for the truth, McGrath, with the aid of two strangers, is drawn deeper and deeper into Cordova’s eerie, hypnotic world. As he probes the strange circumstances surrounding Ashley’s life and death, McGrath comes face-to-face with the legacy of her father: the legendary, reclusive cult-horror-film director Stanislas Cordova-a man who hasn’t been seen in public for more than thirty years.įor McGrath, another death connected to this seemingly cursed family dynasty seems more than just a coincidence. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYĪ page-turning thriller for readers of Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, and Stieg Larsson, Night Film tells the haunting story of a journalist who becomes obsessed with the mysterious death of a troubled prodigy-the daughter of an iconic, reclusive filmmaker.
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