Inspiring the Hitchcock classic, Marnie is a psychological crime novel by the author of the Poldark series, Winston Graham.Marnie appears to be charming and efficient. A true professional. But inwardly she is unscrupulous, a rebel against society and the law. When she starts working for a small family firm, two of the partners vie for her attentions, and as Mark Rutland, the younger partner, … partner, forces his way into Marnie’s world he becomes desperate to understand her. Why is she so cynical, so uncaring? Why is she a thief and a liar? Who is the real Marnie? Mark sets a trap . . . but it is not only Marnie who is caught . . .
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I don’t often read psychological thrillers, and I enjoyed this one much more than I thought I would! The heist plot of the first third of the novel gives way to an exploration of Marnie’s troubled psyche, and I was fascinated by the way Marnie both pursued and fought against healing.
A few years ago we went to see Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Marnie at the Redford Theater, a historic theater with an organ that shows classic movies. The theater is located in Detroit draws hundreds out for every show.
We went partly because Tippi Hedron was appearing in person, with talks before the movie and during intermission and autographing …
Couldn’t put this down. I dimly remember the film as an okayish suspense, but the book is so much richer. The story is told from the point of view of Marnie, always at bay, increasingly trapped. Of course everything comes unravelled as you’d expect. I haven’t read any other Winston Graham, so I don’t know what his usual voice is like, but he’s …