The Living and the Dead (Boileau-Narcejac novel)

The Living and the Dead
First english edition
AuthorBoileau-Narcejac
Original titleD'entre les morts
TranslatorGeoffrey Sainsbury
LanguageFrench
GenreMystery fiction
Crime novel
PublisherHutchinson
Publication date
1954
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1956
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages192

The Living and the Dead (also known as Vertigo) is a 1954 psychological mystery novel by Boileau-Narcejac, originally published in French as D'entre les morts (lit.'"From Among the Dead"'). It served as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo.