1944 short story collection by Cornell Woolrich
After-Dinner Story is a 1944 short story collection by American crime writer Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym William Irish. It comprises six stories, and includes two of Woolrich's best known works, novella "Marihuana" and "Rear Window" (originally published in "Dime Detective Magazine" under the title "It Had to be Murder"), which was made into a movie by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954.
Adaptations.
"After-Dinner Story" and "The Night Reveals" were both adapted for the "Suspense" radio show in October and March 1943 respectively.
"Rear Window" was adapted into the highly acclaimed 1954 movie by director Alfred Hitchcock and starred James Stewart and Grace Kelly. A television adaptation of "Rear Window" was also released in 1998.
Publication History.
"After-Dinner Story" was first published in the United States in 1944 by Lippincott. It was reprinted in paperback in 1948 under the title "Six Times Death."
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