Title: The Window at the White Cat (Dell D411, 1st ptg, 1961)
Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
Cover artist: Victor Kalin
Yours for: $6
- "Meow, I'm a house."
- Isn't "cathouse" another word for "whorehouse?" Yes. Yes it is.
- Cool wraparound cover by Victor Kalin, though the back just has some Tim Burton-esque tree, the eerie effect of which is deadened by the avalanche of text that's covering it.
- "The Cat With Wide-Set Ears and Mutton-Chops!"
Page 123~
The figure stopped to read the taximeter, shook his fist at the chauffeur, and approached me, muttering audibly.
Isn't muttering inherently audible?
~RP
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5 comments:
Muttering is usually unintelligible, especially from a distance, but audible? Sure, why not.
I so badly want to say The White Cat at the Window...
I love this cover!!! I never thought I'd say that to a Pop Sensation post!
I can't believe Dell reprinted this book in the 1960s. It's an old warhorse of a thriller. Was that taximeter even in an automobile? Original publication date -- 1910! Very hip cover for a Rinehart book.
The House=Cat effect is nice.
That's a rather Lovecraftian cover, especially the tree -- it reminds me of covers for the Del Rey Lovecraft compilations from the '60s.
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