The Resource Nightmare alley, William Lindsay Gresham ; introduction by James Smythe
Nightmare alley, William Lindsay Gresham ; introduction by James Smythe
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- Summary
- Stanton Carlisle, employed as a carny at a travelling circus watches their freak-show geek - an abject alcoholic, the object of the voyeuristic crowd's gleeful disgust and derision - and wonders how a man could fall so low. There's no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him. Unlike the tragic figure he sees before him, Stan is young, clever and ambitious and quick to learn from the other carnival acts. Initially teaming up with a beautiful but vulnerable woman as part of a double act in which he mesmerises her, Stan soon leaves his circus days behind him, becoming a successful spiritualist who exploits the weak and the wealthy. But even the very best con-men can meet their match...
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Movie tie-in.
- Extent
- xii, 372 pages
- Note
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- First published 1946 in the United States by Rinehart & Company. First published in Great Britain in hardback by Heinemann 1947
- "Now a major feature film" -- cover
- Isbn
- 9781526640864
- Label
- Nightmare alley
- Title
- Nightmare alley
- Statement of responsibility
- William Lindsay Gresham ; introduction by James Smythe
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Stanton Carlisle, employed as a carny at a travelling circus watches their freak-show geek - an abject alcoholic, the object of the voyeuristic crowd's gleeful disgust and derision - and wonders how a man could fall so low. There's no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him. Unlike the tragic figure he sees before him, Stan is young, clever and ambitious and quick to learn from the other carnival acts. Initially teaming up with a beautiful but vulnerable woman as part of a double act in which he mesmerises her, Stan soon leaves his circus days behind him, becoming a successful spiritualist who exploits the weak and the wealthy. But even the very best con-men can meet their match...
- Cataloging source
- QBOO
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1909-1962
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gresham, William Lindsay
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Smythe, James
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sideshows
- Circus performers
- Mediums
- Swindlers and swindling
- Carnivals
- Married people
- Spiritualists
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Nightmare alley, William Lindsay Gresham ; introduction by James Smythe
- Note
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- First published 1946 in the United States by Rinehart & Company. First published in Great Britain in hardback by Heinemann 1947
- "Now a major feature film" -- cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069900402
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Movie tie-in.
- Extent
- xii, 372 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781526640864
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1268425717
- Label
- Nightmare alley, William Lindsay Gresham ; introduction by James Smythe
- Note
-
- First published 1946 in the United States by Rinehart & Company. First published in Great Britain in hardback by Heinemann 1947
- "Now a major feature film" -- cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069900402
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Movie tie-in.
- Extent
- xii, 372 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781526640864
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1268425717
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