Een succesvol redactrice verhuist na twee verbroken relaties naar een hypermodern flatgebouw, waar ze door de eigenaar voortdurend wordt geobserveerd.
About the Author
Levin graduated from the Horace Mann School and New York University, where he majored in philosophy and English.After college, he wrote training films and scripts for television.Levin's first produced play wasNo Time for Sergeants(adapted from Mac Hyman's novel), a comedy about a hillbilly drafted into the United States Air Force that launched the career of Andy Griffith. The play was turned into a movie in 1958, and co-starred Don Knotts, Griffith's long-time co-star and friend.No Time for Sergeantsis generally considered the precursor toGomer Pyle, USMC.Levin's first novel,A Kiss Before Dying, was well received, earning him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.A Kiss Before Dyingwas turned into a movie twice, first in 1956, and again in 1991.Levin's best known play isDeathtrap, which holds the record as the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway and brought Levin his second Edgar Award. In 1982, it was made into a film starring Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine.Levin's best known novel isRosemary's Baby, a horror story of modern day satanism and the occult, set in Manhattan's Upper West Side. It was made into a film starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. Ruth Gordon won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance. Roman Polanski, who wrote and directed the film, was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.Other Levin novels were turned into movies, includingThe Boys from Brazilin 1978;The Stepford Wivesin 1975 and again in 2004; andSliverin 1993.Stephen King has described Ira Levin as "the Swiss watchmaker of suspense novels, he makes what the rest of us do look like cheap watchmakers in drugstores." Chuck Palahniuk, in , calls Levin's writing "a smart, updated version of the kind of folksy legends that cultures have always used."Ira Levin died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan, on 12 November 2007. He was seventy-eight at the time of his death.
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