Dark Side Genius:life of Hitchcock

"Absolutely compulsory reading." The New York Times Book Review No one but a tortured genius could have created such brooding, suspenseful, and utterly original films as SPELLBOUND, PSYCHO, and THE BIRDS. Now Alfred Hitchcock, the intensely private and often bizarre creator of these masterpieces, is fully revealed in a masterful biography that traces the roots of his obsessions back to a childhood in which the seeds of his future films were sown.Spoto, Donald is the author of 'Dark Side Genius:life of Hitchcock' with ISBN 9780345314628 and ISBN 034531462X.