Veronica's Room and Other Dramas - by Ira Levin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Ira Levin's trio of dramatic plays includes Veronica's Room, a chilling psychological drama that explores the thin line between reality and madness. This beautiful new edition includes an introduction by Nicholas Levin.

Is Susan Susan--a self-possessed 1970s college student--or Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan? What begins as a seeming mission of mercy leads to a terrifying crisis of self-doubt.

Presented here for the first time in omnibus form are three of Ira Levin's dramatic stage plays--by turns tense, dark, thought-provoking, and always engaging: the biting Interlock, the contentious Dr. Cook's Garden, and the mind-bending Veronica's Room.

Featuring new introductions by the author's son, Nicholas Levin

Review Quotes

"A study in dependence and dominance...manipulation of emotion and the truth...Quite entertaining."

-- "The Baltimore Sun on Interlock"

"Good thrillers keep us on the edge of our seats, simply because we do not know what's going to happen next, nor could we ever have imagined what actually does. On both these points playwright Levin scores 100 percent."

-- "The Washington Post on Veronica's Room"

"Like being trapped in someone else's nightmare...Jarring and [with a] surprising climax...A neat, elegant thriller."

-- "The Village Voice on Veronica's Room"

"Part morality play, part suspense thriller, part comedy."

-- "The New York Times on Dr. Cook's Garden"

"Ira Levin has a devious mind. In Veronica's Room...he coolly unravels a nightmare of deception so corrupt that each layer peeled away reveals a new and surprising abomination. As he did in his popular thriller Deathtrap, Levin plays a crafty game of psychology, pitting conventional reality and morality against an insidious force of mind-bending guile and rampant depravity."

-- "Los Angeles Times on Veronica's Room"

"High-voltage moments."

-- "Wilmington Morning News on Interlock"

"Suspense and goose pimples."

-- "New York Daily News on Dr. Cook's Garden"

"The eternal triangle takes on an exciting new flavor in Interlock...This is the story of the struggle of two women over one man...The suspense is built honestly...A well-constructed play."

-- "Wilmington News-Journal on Interlock"

"Theatrical excitement...[with] moments of effective menace."

-- "New York Post on Dr. Cook's Garden"

"Unforgettable, breath-stopping suspense and high drama."

-- "New York Herald-Tribune on Dr. Cook's Garden"

"Vastly superior to what we have been having. It is an intelligent melodrama...I found Interlock a continuously entertaining study in corruption by logic, with something of the acid view of the sex-and-power struggle that marks a number of the better plays from Europe."

-- "Washington Evening Star on Interlock"