The Screaming Mimi is a mystery novel by pulp writer Fredric Brown. It was first published in 1949 as a Dutton Guilt Edged Mystery. A shorter version of the book appeared in the October, 1949 issue of Mystery Book Magazine.[1]

The plot follows an alcoholic journalist who struggles to maintain sobriety as he investigates a serial murderer who killed three women and injured a fourth.

Adaptations

The Screaming Mimi was officially adapted into a movie, Gerd Oswald's Screaming Mimi, in 1958. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage was an unofficial adaptation by Dario Argento.

References

  1. ^ Brown, Fredric (1949). The Screaming Mimi. E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. copyright information.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screaming_Mimi_(novel)
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