Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn'T Let Me Do On Tv
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
When the master of suspense himself declares a story too dangerous for television, you know you are in for something truly extraordinary. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV is a wickedly curated anthology of crime, horror, and psychological suspense tales — stories deemed too dark, too twisted, or too boldly transgressive for the censors of broadcast television. Hand-picked by the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, this collection gathers some of the finest voices in mid-20th-century genre fiction, each tale crafted to unsettle, provoke, and thrill in equal measure. Beyond the sheer entertainment value, this anthology stands as a cultural artefact of its era — a knowing wink at the boundaries of acceptable storytelling and a testament to Hitchcock's lifelong love affair with the macabre. His editorial voice, much like his cinematic one, is dry, sardonic, and utterly assured, framing each story with the same dark wit that made his television programme a household institution. For lovers of vintage crime and suspense fiction, this collection poses one irresistible question: if these stories were too much for TV, just how far do they go?
Author: Alfred Hitchcock
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, Max Reinhardt, London
Genre: Anthology
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
When the master of suspense himself declares a story too dangerous for television, you know you are in for something truly extraordinary. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV is a wickedly curated anthology of crime, horror, and psychological suspense tales — stories deemed too dark, too twisted, or too boldly transgressive for the censors of broadcast television. Hand-picked by the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, this collection gathers some of the finest voices in mid-20th-century genre fiction, each tale crafted to unsettle, provoke, and thrill in equal measure. Beyond the sheer entertainment value, this anthology stands as a cultural artefact of its era — a knowing wink at the boundaries of acceptable storytelling and a testament to Hitchcock's lifelong love affair with the macabre. His editorial voice, much like his cinematic one, is dry, sardonic, and utterly assured, framing each story with the same dark wit that made his television programme a household institution. For lovers of vintage crime and suspense fiction, this collection poses one irresistible question: if these stories were too much for TV, just how far do they go?