KinoLivres
  • Blog
  • Index
    • Auteurs
    • Ratings
  • Adaptations
  • Chronology
  • Gurglings
  • Touchpoints
  • Contact
  • Rating Scale

When Michael Calls (1967) by John Farris

8/18/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
**

Mystery-thriller set in motion when a woman receives a phone call allegedly from her young nephew who died 16 years earlier. A retired cop suspects the woman will be next after two townies are subsequently murdered. Meanwhile, the mystery itself founders on red herrings and ancillary action, until the whole thing is detailed in a sexist episode late in the book that has a man explaining psychology to a woman psychologist. With, in the cop, one of the genre's most unpleasant heroes. Implausible and contrived. Made into a film in 1972.

"Well--you won't hang up" - Kirkus Reviews, Nov. 13th, 1967

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    KinoLivres

    Books. Movies. Mostly.

    Archives

    July 2017
    June 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015

    Categories

    All
    1 Star
    2 Star
    3 Star
    4 Star
    5 Star
    Action
    Book
    Comedy
    Comics
    Crime
    Detective
    Drama
    Fantasy
    History
    Horror
    Movie
    Musical
    Mystery
    Paranormal
    Romance
    Science Fiction
    Thriller
    True Crime
    Western
    Young Adult

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.