Author | Jean Ray |
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Original title | La Cité de l'indicible peur |
Translator | Scott Nicolay |
Language | French |
Publisher | Les Auteurs Associés |
Publication date | 1943 |
Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 2023 |
Pages | 188 |
The City of Unspeakable Fear (French: La Cité de l'indicible peur) is a 1943 novel by the Belgian writer Jean Ray. It is a murder mystery set in an English small town, with elements of detective story, horror and parody.[1]
It was first published in Belgium eight days after Ray's most famous work, the novel Malpertuis, in 1943. Both works were written while Ray was living in Ghent under Nazi occupation.[2] The book was the basis for the 1964 film The Big Scare , directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky and starring Bourvil.[3] It was translated by Scott Nicolay in 2023 and published in English as The City of Unspeakable Fear.[1]