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When It Was Dark: The Story of a Great Conspiracy (1903) is a best selling Christian novel by English author Guy Thorne, in which a plot to destroy Christianity by falsely disproving the Resurrection of Jesus leads to moral disorder and chaos in the world until it is exposed as a fraud. [1]
The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American independent [3] drama film noir directed by Otto Preminger, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren.Starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren McGavin, it recounts the story of a drug addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world.
The Guest List is a 2020 mystery novel by British author Lucy Foley. The story takes place at the wedding of Jules Keegan and Will Slater, which is being held on an island off the coast of Ireland. The plot has been compared to the works of Agatha Christie, as a murder occurs with limited suspects and each guest has a secret which will be revealed.
Reading in the Dark won the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize and Irish Literature Prizes, and is a New York Times Notable Book. [9] It also won the 1996 South Bank Show Award for Literature, and was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1996. [citation needed] It has been translated into 20 languages. [10]
It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was King's 22nd book and the 17th novel written under his own name. The story follows the experiences of seven preteens as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011).
Fans and fast food giants complained about "Batman Returns" when it opened in theaters 30 years ago. But today, it's a comic book movie classic.
The Nazi book burnings horrified Ray Bradbury and inspired him to write Fahrenheit 451. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), formed in 1938 to investigate American citizens and organizations suspected of having communist ties, held hearings in 1947 to investigate alleged communist influence in Hollywood movie-making. [17]