Levin, Ira (Vol. 6) - Levin, Ira 1929–
Levin, Ira 1929–
Levin is an American novelist and playwright best known for Rosemary's Baby, the story of an elaborately evil witches' coven and the birth of Satan's child, and for his play No Time for Sergeants. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 21-22.)
As an exercise in sheer terror and tight craftsmanship ["Rosemary's Baby"] is superb. There is, however, one qualification which deserves to be made. Working against the enjoyment of this novel is the feeling that Rosemary deserves none of the hopeless treatment she receives. The novel creates a good deal of sympathy for Rosemary and her maternal instincts; for this reason the nightmare ending tends to be repulsive. But then again, perhaps "Rosemary's Baby" is intended to produce an amusing tongue-in-cheek response from its readers. If so, Rosemary needs to be more vaguely drawn. (p. 27)
Peter Corodimas, in Best Sellers (copyright 1967, by The...
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