Ira Levin Book order (chronological)
Ira Levin was a master of suspense and horror, whose works were renowned for their meticulous construction and unsettling atmosphere. Often likened to a 'Swiss watchmaker,' Levin expertly wove elements of suspense, psychological dread, and social commentary into narratives that resonated with contemporary anxieties. His ability to tap into the darker aspects of human nature and society earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated readership. Levin's stories frequently explore the boundaries of morality and the insidious nature of evil within seemingly ordinary settings.
Critic's Choice, a Comedy
- 136 pages
- 5 hours of reading
A play in three acts, Critic's Choice tells the story of theater critic Parker Ballantine whose second wife, Angela, writes a play which is produced on Broadway. The play is awful and Parker must decide whether or not to review the play honestly.
A hugely popular stage and screen success, this ingeniously constructed play offers a rare and skilful blending of two priceless theatrical ingredients - gasp-inducing thrills and spontaneous laughter. Unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson has sent his new thriller to award-winning Broadway author Sidney for comment - or has he...-2 women, 3 men
Больше всего на свете Розмари мечтает о ребенке. Кажется, счастье совсем близко - они с мужем находят чудесную квартиру в старинном доме, Гай неожиданно получает работу. Но будущая мать с ужасом понимает, что за подарки судьбы придется заплатить непомерную цену: она уверена, что муж пожертвовал душой их неродившегося ребенка ради карьеры. Розмари не сомневается, что ее соседи - эксцентричная пожилая чета - слуги дьявола, и именно они вовлекли Гая в сатанинский заговор...
A Kiss Before Dying (Intermediate Level)
- 95 pages
- 4 hours of reading
A Kiss Before Dying not only debuted the talent of best-selling novelist Ira Levin to rave reviews, it also set a new standard in the art of mystery and suspense. Now a modern classic, as gripping in its tautly plotted action as it is penetrating in its exploration of a criminal mind, it tells the shocking tale of a young man who will stop at nothing--not even murder--to get where he wants to go. For he has dreams; plans. He also has charm, good looks, sex appeal, intelligence. And he has a problem. Her name is Dorothy; she loves him, and she's pregnant. The solution may demand desperate measures. But, then, he looks like the kind of guy who could get away with murder. Compellingly, step by determined step, the novel follows this young man in his execution of one plan he had neither dreamed nor foreseen. Nor does he foresee how inexorably he will be enmeshed in the consequences of his own extreme deed.
BlackBirds: The Boys from Brazil
- 255 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Alive and hiding in South America, the fiendish Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele gathers a group of former colleagues for a horrifying project—the creation of the Fourth Reich. Barry Kohler, a young investigative journalist, gets wind of the project and informs famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman, but before he can relay the evidence, Kohler is killed. Thus Ira Levin opens one of the strangest and most masterful novels of his career. Why has Mengele marked a number of harmless aging men for murder? What is the hidden link that binds them? What interest can they possibly hold for their killers: six former SS men dispatched from South America by the most wanted Nazi still alive, the notorious "Angel of Death"? One man alone must answer these questions and stop the killings—Lieberman, himself aging and thought by some to be losing his grip on reality. At the heart of The Boys from Brazil lies a frightening contemporary nightmare, chilling and all too possible.
The Boys from Brazil (Level 4 Reader)
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
It is 1974, but for Dr Mengele and his group of Nazis, World War II is not yet over. They have a terrible plan to conquer the world, but how does it involve a group of boys that come from different countries, yet all look exactly the same? Only one man can find out.
Ihn zu lieben war einfach. Ihm zu vertrauen war tödlich. Seit dem vermeintlichen Selbstmord ihrer Schwester Dorothy will Ellen Kingship nur noch eines: das Geheimnis ihres Todes lüften. Und bald schon kommt sie zu der Gewissheit, das Dorothy ermordet worden ist.
Ira Levin returned to the horror of his 1967 groundbreaking novel Rosemary's Baby with this sequel set at the dawn of the new millennium. Thirty-three years ago, Rosemary gave birth to the Devil's child while under the control of a coven of witches. Now the year is 1999, and humanity dreads the approaching twenty-first century, desperately in search of a saviour for this troubled world. In New York City, Rosemary's son Andy is believed to be that saviour. But is he the force of good his followers accept him to be? Or is he his father's son? As the war between good and evil rages on, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.
