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The Stepford Wives

by Ira Levin

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby

With an Introduction by Peter Straub

For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret — a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same.

At once a masterpiece of psychological suspense and a savage commentary on a media-driven society that values the pursuit of youth and beauty at all costs, The Stepford Wives is a novel so frightening in its final implications that the title itself has earned a place in the American lexicon.

Review:

"I'd never read The Stepford Wives before, as I suspect most younger readers haven't, and let me tell you: I cannot get over how good this book is. Ira Levin's 1972 masterpiece, just reissued in a tidy (and, at $12, inexpensive) 123-page paperback, is an absolute miracle of pacing, plotting, and suspense. It's an efficient German motorcar of a book?masterful, ridiculously well crafted, and, like the ladies of Stepford themselves, flawless." Adrienne Miller, Esquire (read the entire Esquire review)

Synopsis:

A special 30th anniversary edition of Levin's classic tale that coined a modern phrase. Repackaged with a new Introduction by horror novelist Peter Straub, "The Stepford Wives" is a masterpiece of psychological suspense.
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About the Author

Ira Levin was born and lives in New York City. His novels — A Kiss Before Dying, Rosemary’s Baby, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, and Sliver — have all been international bestsellers. Mr. Levin also wrote the longest-running thriller in Broadway history, Deathtrap, and the lyrics of the Barbra Streisand classic "He Touched Me." A two-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award, he recently received the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060080846
Introduction:
Straub, Peter
Author:
Straub, Peter
Author:
Stanley, Diane
Author:
Levin, Ira
Author:
Ibatoulline, Bagram
Author:
by Ira Levin
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Location:
New York
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Married women
Subject:
Horror
Subject:
Horror fiction
Subject:
Robots
Subject:
Female friendship
Subject:
Horror - General
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Royalty
Copyright:
2002
Edition Number:
1st Perennial ed.
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series Volume:
#97-752
Publication Date:
20020731
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 5
Language:
English
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
7.98x5.28x.36 in. .26 lbs.
Age Level:
from 10
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Product details 144 pages Perennial (HarperCollins) - English 9780060080846 Reviews:
"Review" by , "I'd never read The Stepford Wives before, as I suspect most younger readers haven't, and let me tell you: I cannot get over how good this book is. Ira Levin's 1972 masterpiece, just reissued in a tidy (and, at $12, inexpensive) 123-page paperback, is an absolute miracle of pacing, plotting, and suspense. It's an efficient German motorcar of a book?masterful, ridiculously well crafted, and, like the ladies of Stepford themselves, flawless." (read the entire Esquire review)
"Synopsis" by , A special 30th anniversary edition of Levin's classic tale that coined a modern phrase. Repackaged with a new Introduction by horror novelist Peter Straub, "The Stepford Wives" is a masterpiece of psychological suspense.
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