A fantastic novel and a remarkable film by Jules Dassin. One of the great noir narratives ever, but also a great portrait of 1950s London. Nothing changed really because one gets the same feeling in Gerald Kersh's novel, which was written in the 1930s. A city of many shadows, and hustlers of all types.
Henri Bergson thought he knew what laughter meant *
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* (restored) 1. It seems as though the comic could not produce its
disturbing effect unless it fell, so to say, on the surface of a soul that
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London Books has re-printed this classic and great novel. Do get it!
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