Death out of Focus,
by Bill Gault, is a standalone mystery novel published as a hardcover by Random
House in 1959. The edition that caught my eye is the Dell paperback published
in 1960. It’s everything a vintage 1950s crime cover should be—alluring and
beautiful with an encroaching menace, seen here as the darkening background and
the monster-like stage lights. The artist: Robert McGinnis.
The first sentence:
He took the new script out to the
sundeck and read it there.
Bill Gault published much
of his fiction with his full name, William Campbell Gault. Interestingly, the
dedication for Death out of Focus
reads:
For Richard Matheson whose idea it
was
A dedication that makes me want to read this book more than I already
did.
2 comments:
Was it a good book?
I haven't read it yet, Earl, but it's on my list.
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