The Other (Tryon novel)

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The Other
First edition cover
AuthorThomas Tryon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenrePsychological horror
PublishedMay 1971 (Knopf)
Media typePrint
Pages272 pp.
ISBN978-0394467443
Followed byHarvest Home (1973) 

The Other is the 1971 debut novel by Thomas Tryon. Set in 1935, the novel focuses on the sadistic relationship between two 13-year-old identical twin boys, one of whom is well behaved; the other is a sociopath[citation needed] who wreaks havoc on his family's rural New England farm property.

Tryon, who had been a working actor, retired from his Hollywood career to become a novelist. Upon its release, the novel received wide critical acclaim and became a surprise bestseller.[1][2] The Other was adapted into a 1972 film of the same name directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Uta Hagen. The novel was reprinted in a commemorative edition in 2012 by New York Review Books with an afterword by Dan Chaon.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "The Other by Thomas Tryon". NY Books. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  2. ^ "Thomas Tryon's bestselling novel The Other (1971), which also received a cinematic tribute in 1972". Renner, Karen J., Evil Children in the Popular Imagination. London, Palgrave Macmillian. ISBN 9781137599636 (p.4)
  3. ^ Tryon, Thomas (2012). The Other (New York Review Books Classics). ISBN 978-1590175835.
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