Police officer David Hanlin is asked to investigate the presumed murder of a child in an obscure rural village in Cornwall. During the protagonist's short stay, he is slowly subjected to a spectacle of psychological trickery, sexual seduction, ancient religious practices and nightmarish sacrificial rituals. Shrouded in the same brand of mystery and contradiction that forms its tangled plot, Ritual , the 1967 debut by playwright David Pinner, is commonly recognised to be the basis for the 1973 film, The Wicker Man , which ...
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Police officer David Hanlin is asked to investigate the presumed murder of a child in an obscure rural village in Cornwall. During the protagonist's short stay, he is slowly subjected to a spectacle of psychological trickery, sexual seduction, ancient religious practices and nightmarish sacrificial rituals. Shrouded in the same brand of mystery and contradiction that forms its tangled plot, Ritual , the 1967 debut by playwright David Pinner, is commonly recognised to be the basis for the 1973 film, The Wicker Man , which has enthralled and inspired generations of film enthusiasts throughout the world.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Ex-library book, Hardback/Hardcover, usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding. NO ORIGINAL COVER SLEEVE. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
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Used: Acceptable. Size: 13.9 x 20.5 cm; Hardback no D/J in reasonable condition, ex library book, some bumps to cover, some waves to pages, 1967 first edition, can forward photos. ZKVQ In a remote part of Cornwall, police officer David Hanlin is investigating the presumed murder of a child in a rural village. During his short stay, he is subjected to psychological trickery, sexual seduction, ancient religious practices and nightmarish sacrificial rituals.
Publisher:
Hutchinson of London / New Authors Limited
Published:
1967
Alibris ID:
18103760636
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Jacket by Peter Edwards. Top and bottom page edges modestly foxed, front fly with a small light stain and tiny hole, bright and very good or better in a somewhat edgeworn, very good or better dust jacket with a couple of nicks, and a tiny bit of internal foxing; there are the tiniest bubbles in the jacket lamination, but without the delamination in the gutters often seen in this title. A presentable copy of the author's first novel, basis for the cult film *The Wicker Man* starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, and Britt Ekland. Much scarcer than the later novelization co-written by Anthony Shaffer from his screenplay for the film.
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First edition, first printing. 223 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver lettering. Very Good+ with lean to spine, a little staining to edges, in a Very Good dust jacket, edge worn, bubbling to laminate, laminate lifting along front gutter, closed tear to back panel, old price sticker to front flap, tape on verso. The novel that inspired the 1973 classic The Wicker Man, a "folk horror" film with a strong cult following and slow but steadily-growing chorus of critical acclaim. It was the British actor/author's first novel, quickly falling out of print.
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First edition, first printing. 223 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver lettering. Near Fine witha hint of foxing to edges, literary agency (Jonathan Clowes Ltd. ) bookplate on front free endpaper; in a bright, unsunned Near Fine dust jacket with a little of the laminate lifting that seems to plague these jackets in its gutters, small scuff along spine edge, unclipped. A very nice copy of the novel that inspired the 1973 classic The Wicker Man, a "folk horror" film with a strong cult following and slow but steadily-growing chorus of critical acclaim. It was the British actor/author's first novel, quickly falling out of print.
