Bunny Lake Is Missing (novel)
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| Author(s) | Merriam Modell (writing as Evelyn Piper) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers (US) Secker and Warburg (UK) |
| Publication date | 1957 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
Bunny Lake Is Missing is a 1957 novel by Merriam Modell (writing as Evelyn Piper) set in New York City.
[edit] Plot introduction
Blanche Lake, a 21 year old single mother, wants to collect her three year old daughter Bunny from her first day at crèche but finds out that she is not there. In the course of the ensuing night, she tries everything in her power to find out what has happened to her. Still before daybreak, she thinks she knows where Bunny is.
The plot takes place all within the space of 24 hours.
[edit] Adaptations
The novel was adapted for cinema in 1965 and the resultant film was directed by Otto Preminger and starred Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Martita Hunt and Noel Coward.
A remake was being planned as of 2009.
There is a stage production, adapted from the novel by Ken Simon, opening January 5, 2012 (preview January 4), at the The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, running through January 14, 2012.
[edit] Edition
- Evelyn Piper: Bunny Lake Is Missing, ed. Maria DiBattista (Femmes Fatales: Women Write Pulp) (The Feminist Press at The City University of New York: New York, 2004) (ISBN 1-55861-474-5).
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