All at Once, No Alice, by Cornell Woolrich

All at Once, No Alice, by Cornell Woolrich

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All at Once, No Alice, by Cornell Woolrich

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“Along with Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich practically invented the genre of noir.” —Newsday “Critical sobriety is out of the question so long as this master of terror-in-the-commonplace exerts his spell.” - Anthony Boucher, The New York Times Book Review "No one has ever surpassed Cornell Woolrich for shear suspense, or equalled him for exciting entertainment." - Robert Bloch "Woolrich can distill more terror, more excitement, more downright nail-biting suspense out of even the most commonplace happenings than nearly all his competitors." - Ellery Queen "An opus out of the ordinary, highly emotional and suspenseful, with a surprise finish that turns somersaults." - The Saturday Review of Literature on "The Bride Wore Black". "Revered by mystery fans, students of film noir, and lovers of hardboiled crime fiction and detective novels, Cornell Woolrich remains almost unknown to the general reading public. His obscurity persists even though his Hollywood pedigree rivals or exceeds that of Cain, Chandler, and Hammett.What Woolrich lacked in literary prestige he made up for in suspense. Nobody was better at it." - Richard Dooling, from his Introduction to the print edition. “He was the greatest writer of suspense fiction that ever lived.” — Francis M. Nevins, Cornell Woolrich Biographer All at Once, No Alice was first published in Argosy magazine March 2, 1940. The story, considered to be one of his two classic "annihilation" stories, the other being "Finger of Doom", are based on similar premises - a man meeting the woman of his dreams who then disappears from his life without a trace. Jimmy Cannon, a store clerk and the narrator of the story, elopes with Alice Brown, whom he hardly knows and they marry with a roadside justice of the peace. Subsequently, they can't find an available hotel room and a clerk at the Royal hotel allows Alice to stay in a tiny single room with a cot while Jimmy is consigned to a room at the YMCA. The next morning, Jimmy returns to retrieve Alice who appears to have vanished - and not just from the room. Her name is gone from the register, the justice of the peace claims to have not married them and the cops think Jimmy is a lunatic. And, thus, starts a race against the clock to save Alice! Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich (4 December 1903 – 25 September 1968) is one of America's best crime and noir writers who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley. He's often compared to other celebrated crime writers of his day, Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner and Raymond Chandler. Woolrich is considered the godfather of film noir and is often referred to as the Edgar Allen Poe of the 20th century, writing well over 250 works including novels, novelettes, novellas and short stories. He attended New York's Columbia University but left school in 1926 without graduating when his first novel, "Cover Charge", was published. "Cover Charge" was one of six of his novels that he credits as inspired by the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Woolrich soon turned to pulp and detective fiction, often published under his pseudonyms. His best known story today is his 1942 "It Had to Be Murder" for the simple reason that it was adapted into the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock movie "Rear Window" starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. It was remade as a television film by Christopher Reeve in 1998.

All at Once, No Alice, by Cornell Woolrich

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• Published on: 2015-03-30
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Splendid By Bobby Underwood If you’ve ever wondered why Cornell Woolrich is so often lauded as the greatest mystery and suspense writer of all time — an opinion I wholeheartedly share — all one has to do is read his short story, All At Once, No Alice, first published in Argosy Magazine in March, 1940, under the name William Irish. Romantic, harrowing, and ultimately thrilling, All At Once, No Alice is without doubt one of the most satisfying examples of Woolrich’s genius at creating suspense. No writer of the twentieth century could touch him in this regard, and that continues into the twenty-first century.A whirlwind romance, and a shortage of hotel rooms leads to the unthinkable for a newly married man in this riveting short story. When Jimmy returns in the morning after a night at the Y to pick up his bride from the tiny hotel storage room, she isn’t there. Worse, her name does not appear on the register, and both the clerk on duty that night and the bellboy, claim not to remember either of the newlyweds. Once the police become involved, things take a turn for the worse for the desperate Jimmy, as the person who married them outside Lake City claims it never happened, and the people Alice worked for claim not to know her, either.With no evidence that she ever existed, the cops think he’s batty, and only their sympathy prevents him from being locked up in the loony bin. But a cop named Ainsley has a wife too, and can’t quite let Jimmy go down the tubes. When a sliver of proof — and that’s all — is discovered indicating Alice might actually exist, it’s up to Ainsley and Jimmy to find her, and uncover the reason everyone is lying about Alice. I can’t give away much more, but the story has a thrilling ending, sort of atypical of many Woolrich tales, and all the better for it. Fabulous story, tremendous writing. One of the most satisfying short stories of suspense you’ll ever read.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A big story in a small delightful package By bookgal A tight, well-written story about a young couple, newly married that are separated on their first-night together. The next day when he goes to pick her up, its as if she never existed. Its a short story and the author makes the most of the form laying out the story in a concise way and drawing in the suspense so that it holds your attention throughout.This was a treat and a delight to read. Its the first time that I have read anything by Cornell Woolwich but it won't be the last. He has a great way with words.

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