The Fan
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A chilling work of psychological suspense, The Fan chronicles the terrifying obsession of a deranged admirer who becomes dangerously fixated on a Broadway actress. Bob Randall constructs the narrative entirely through letters, telegrams, and notes, a bold epistolary structure that uncovers the stalker's escalating mania with mounting dread. The novel illustrates how the line between adoration and menace can dissolve with horrifying speed, as the fan's correspondence shifts from fawning devotion to violent threat. Taut, claustrophobic, and deeply unsettling, it presents a prescient portrait of celebrity culture and the dark obsessions it can breed, long before the phenomenon of stalking entered the public consciousness. A landmark of the thriller genre, it remains a masterclass in building tension through voice alone.
Author: Bob Randall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Secker & Warburg
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A chilling work of psychological suspense, The Fan chronicles the terrifying obsession of a deranged admirer who becomes dangerously fixated on a Broadway actress. Bob Randall constructs the narrative entirely through letters, telegrams, and notes, a bold epistolary structure that uncovers the stalker's escalating mania with mounting dread. The novel illustrates how the line between adoration and menace can dissolve with horrifying speed, as the fan's correspondence shifts from fawning devotion to violent threat. Taut, claustrophobic, and deeply unsettling, it presents a prescient portrait of celebrity culture and the dark obsessions it can breed, long before the phenomenon of stalking entered the public consciousness. A landmark of the thriller genre, it remains a masterclass in building tension through voice alone.