Woolrich Cornell (EN) — Night Has a Thousand Eyes

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A new Pegasus Crime edition of the landmark noir novel by ';the supreme master of suspense.' Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book ReviewIn Woolrich's iconic tale, Detective Tom Shawn saves alovely young woman from a suicide attempt one night, andlater hears her story. She is in despair because the deathof her wealthy father has been predicted by a confidenceman seemingly gifted with the power of clairvoyance; a manwhose predictions have unerringly aided her father in hisbusiness many times before. Shawn and a squad of detectivesinvestigate this dire prediction and try to avert the millionairebusinessman from meeting his ordained end at thestroke of midnight.One of Cornell Woolrich's most influential novels, this classicnoir tale of a man struggling with his ability to see the futureis arguably the author's best in its depiction of a doomedvision of predestination.