What many did not perhaps realize then, certainly not their parents, and what meyer levin explores, is the imbalance of these two and the strange affinity of their perverse fantasy world along with their homosexual ambivalence. An impressive start to the heirs of watson island series. The horrific murder in 1924 of 14yearold bobby franks in chicago by nathan leopold and richard loeb inspired this acclaimed roman a clef. Meyer levin october 7, 1905 july 9, 1981 was an american novelist. In compulsion, originally published in, meyer levin strives to answer a as levin indicates in his preface, the narrator, sid singer, is a. Meyer levin, american author of novels and nonfiction about the jewish people and israel. Buy compulsion by meyer levin, marcia clark from waterstones today. Buy a cheap copy of the settlers book by meyer levin. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Before truman capotes in cold blood, before norman mailers the executioners song, there was meyer levin s compulsion, a docunovel about the famous leopold and loeb murder case in the 1920s. Meyer levin, author of compulsion, on librarything. But now we learned how the deed had been marked by a long. But it is also valuable because of its authors novelistic giftsa convincing portrait of two.
Artie is handsome, athletic, and popular, but he possesses a hidden, powerful sadistic streak and a desire to dominate. Compulsion, a 2016 erotic thriller film directed by craig goodwill. Paying close attention to historical detail, compulsion is a deftly crafted novel that documents author meyer levin as a particularly gifted storyteller that will keep his readers total engaged from beginning to end. Compulsion was the first documentary or nonfiction. In 1945 he wrote and produced the first palestinian feature film, my fathers house book, 1947, which tells of jews who are driven out of poland and. Nietzschean atheism murder in 1959 compulsion movie. Renaming the killers judd and artie, the author shows how these brilliant young collegians murdered a 14year neighbor for thrills, and to validate their warped sense of superiority as. Compulsion, a 20 film directed by egidio coccimiglio. Meyer levins compulsion is a fictionalized portrayal of the infamous case of leopold and loeb.
He was a writer and director, known for compulsion 1959, lo tafhidenu 1947 and beit avi 1947. In compulsion, originally published in 1956, meyer levin strives to answer a question that has lingered with him since the murder of 14yearold robert franks in 1924. The avowed purpose of meyer levins compulsion is to answer the anguished question of motivethe question which must have corroded the hearts and minds of. Artie straus, an exceptional student with great social charm and a penchant for wild pranks. Read this because i watched and enjoyed the movie adaption. Published april 14th 2015 by fig tree books llc ebook, 480 pages authors. Ambassador theatre, michael myerberg presents compulsion, dramatization by producers version meyer levin, production staged by alex segal, with roddy mcdowall, dean stockwell, howard da silva, michael constantine, settings by peter larkin, costumes by john boxer, lighting by charles elson, coproducer len s.
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Meyer levin, the author of compulsion, a highly successful novel about the 1920s leopoldloeb murder case that was made into a play and film, as well as a score of books. The novel, for which levin was given a special edgar award by the mystery writers of america in 1957, was the basis for levin s own 1957 play adaptation and the 1959 film based on it, starring orson welles. This new edition of meyer levins classic literary thriller compulsion reintroduces the fictionalized case of leopold and loeb once considered the crime of the century to a new generation. Buy this book the horrific murder in 1924 of 14yearold bobby franks in chicago by nathan leopold. In this retelling of their story, leopold and loeb become judd steiner and artie straus. Compulsion is based on the infamous leopold and loeb case, considered the crime of the century, in which a pair of privileged jewish university of chicago students killed a 14yearold boy in 1924 just to prove their intellectual superiority. Feb 19, 1978 let it never be said that meyer levin lacked chutzpah. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Certain crimes seem to epitomize the thinking of their era and this is a documentary novel of the loebleopold case which brought into play the psychoanalytical point of view of our time, much as dreisers american tragedy represented the sociological view of his. Marcia clark judd steiner and artie straus have it all. Compulsion by meyer levin this extraordinary book, a fictionalized narrative of 1924s crime of the century, first met the public eye in 1956, three decades after the murder, the trial, and the imprisonment of two young killers. Compulsion, a 1956 novel by meyer levin and a 1957 adapted play by levin. Compulsion is narrated by reporter sid silver, who is a fictionalized version of author meyer levin, who actually knew leopold and loeb.
Jta praise for meyer levin s compulsion before in cold blood, before the executioners song, meyer levin s compulsion was the standardbearer for what we think of as the nonfiction novelthough this trial took place in 1924, the book raises issues pertaining to society and our justice systemsuch as popular biases, groupthink, and the. Let it never be said that meyer levin lacked chutzpah. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Novelist meyer levin covered the leopoldloeb trial as a student reporter and, some 30 years later, returned to the subject and the reporters perspective in novelized form in compulsion, published in 1956. The film is based on the 1956 novel of the same name by meyer levin, which in.
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