The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed is the final major book written by American writer William March before his death in 1954. The Bad Seed, nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1955, relates the story of a mother's discovery that her little daughter is a killer. Its immense critical and financial success was fully realized following March's death just one month after publication. Maxwell Anderson adapted the story into a popular and long-running Broadway play in 1954, and Mervyn LeRoy directed an Academy Award-nominated picture in 1956.

The Bad Seed was an instant success and a National Book Award nominee when it was first published in 1954. It's an unsettling depiction of an apparently innocent little girl named Rhoda who always appears to be at the center of horrific tragedies. The novel's problematic and unnerving heart is her mother's awareness that Rhoda may be the cause of the so-called accidents, and her own probable role in that. The Bad Seed relentlessly builds to its stunning finale in a way that few other comparable novels can match.

Detailed information:

Author: William March
Language: English
Genre: Psychological horror

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