The Executioners (MacDonald novel)

The Executioners
First h/b edition
AuthorJohn D. MacDonald
Cover artistH. Lawrence Hoffman
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1957
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages224
ISBN0449131904

The Executioners is a psychological thriller-suspense novel written by John D. MacDonald, published in 1957.[1]

The plot concerns a lawyer being stalked and tormented by a criminal he helped put in prison.

It was filmed twice under the title Cape Fear, once in 1962 and again in 1991. The first film adaptation is more faithful to the novel, with the 1991 adaptation being considerably more brutal and violent.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kirsten Thompson, Cape Fear and Trembling: Familial Dread; In Literature and Film: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation, Edited by Robert Stam, Alessandra Raengo, Blackwell Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0631230556 (pp.126-147)