The Bad Seed
- ISBN-10
- 0060795484
- ISBN-13
- 9780060795481
- Series
- The Bad Seed
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-06-28
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- William March
Description
Now reissued – William March's 1954 classic thriller that's as chilling, intelligent and timely as ever before. This paperback reissue includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested reading and more. What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This is the question at the center of William march's classic thriller. After its initial publication in 1954, the book went on to become a million–copy bestseller, a wildly successful Broadway show, and a Warner Brothers film. The spine–tingling tale of little Rhoda Penmark had a tremendous impact on the thriller genre and generated a whole perdurable crop of creepy kids. Today, The Bad Seed remains a masterpiece of suspense that's as chilling, intelligent, and timely as ever before.
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