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Ritual

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Shrouded in the same brand of mystery and contradiction that forms its tangled plot, Ritual, the 1967 debut by RADA-trained playwright David Pinner is commonly recognised by cult cinema fanatics as the original seed that grew into the towering movie enigma ‘The Wicker Man’.

Set against an enclosed rural Cornish landscape, ‘Ritual’ follows the trail of English police officer, David Hanlin, who is requested to investigate the murder of a local child.

During his short stay, he is slowly subjected to a spectacle of psychological trickery, sexual seduction and ancient religious practices.

As he delves deeper into the village’s mysterious way of life he finds himself becoming embroiled and seduced into their bizarre rituals.

He becomes more and more confused and starts to feel almost hypnotised by the community.

But when another child is murdered he knows he needs to break the spell and find the killer.

Can he get to the bottom of the mystery?

Or will he become the next victim in this dark Ritual?

Pinner's poetic and hallucinatory sequences were transformed into Robin Hardy's 1973 film, The Wicker Man, which has enthralled and inspired generations of British movie patrons and folk-pop enthusiasts throughout the world.

‘Ritual’s opulent dialogue, with the sickly richness of its countryside, and Pinner’s decaying village, can stand alone from the book’s illustrious successor. But, be warned, like The Wicker Man, it is quite likely to test your dreams of leaving the city for a shady nook by a babbling brook.’ The Guardian

David Pinner was born in 1940. After school and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he appeared with repertory companies at Sheffield, Perth, Coventry (Belgrade Theatre) and Windsor. By 1969 he had written thirteen plays, including ‘Fanghorn’, ‘Dickon’, ‘Lightfall’ and ‘Eiderdown’. RITUAL was his first novel.

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  • Publication Date: April 14, 2014
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Print Length: 205 Pages
  • File Size: 2,063 KB

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