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Vertigo (NFT/BFI Film Classics) (Paperback)

by Pierre Boileau (Author), Thomas Narcejac (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 170 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (8 May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747531870
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747531876
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 128,008 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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No longer with the police for reasons he did not care to remember, Flavieres was not a man to be surprised by little side-slips of human conduct. So, when his old friend Paul Gevigne wanted him to keep an eye on his wife, Flavieres thought the reasons were pretty obvious.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dark and filled with doom- a study in obsession and deceipt, 22 Nov 2002
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This is an intelligent novel the denouncement is, at the same time so obvious and the last thing the reader thinks will happen.
The sense of doom bulids up gradually and this for some reason works so much better in a French setting than the film's American one.
Don't be put off because of the films excellence- it is wrong to assume that because the film surpassed the novel the book is "bad". Boileau and Narcejac were the ones who dreamt this story up and their version is the orginal- just because the film does not follow some of the plot devices or the ambiance of the book does not mean the novel can be critisised because of it.
What makes the book imperfect is its slow pace in some areas and the inability of the reader to sympathise with the narrator. I would highly recomend this book however- especially to read before watching the film.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Hitchcock's film version is superior, 25 May 2000
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Most big-screen book adaptations are vastly inferior to their source material. But when Hitchcock is the director, it's not surprising that the opposite is true. Pierre Boileau & Thomas Narcejac's psychological thriller (first published in the UK in 1956 as "The Living and the Dead") varies only slightly from the 1958 movie version, except that the location is France during the Second World War, rather than post-war San Francisco. Most of the film set-pieces derive almost unchanged from the novel, although the ending is significantly altered.

The novel is divided into two parts, with a gap between of several years. This is more realistic than the time-frame of the film, but the second half suffers from a lack of narrative drive, as the central character discovers what he thinks is a reincarnation of his lost love and gradually transforms her into this 'perfect' woman. While slow in the film, this is positively tortuous on the printed page.

The prose of "Vertigo" is refreshingly straightforward, the story clever (perhaps a little too clever), and the dialogue believable. If you're a cinephile, and a huge fan of Hitchcock, then this makes for rewarding reading. If not, then just watch the movie version - it's more entertaining.

Mark Campbell (Freelance Writer)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book with an amazing twist at the end., 14 Mar 1999
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You attempt to make sense of what is going on all the way through, then at the end everything just falls into place.
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