Tweedledum and Tweedledee
1967 edition
AuthorAlec Coppel
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genremystery
PublisherGeoffrey Bles
Publication date
1967
Pages222

Tweedledum and Tweedledee is a 1967 British novel by Alec Coppel.[1]

The Daily Telegraph said the novel had "some nailbiting moments" and "an ingenious nemesis."[2]

It was written as a movie script. The script was optioned by Charles Matthau in the 1990s who said "“Coppel is a master of suspense who can set up 12 plot points in a single scene. All it needs is to be contemporized.” However the flim was not produced.[3]

Premise

James Farrow, a movie star, hires a lookalike to stand in for him at public appearances. The double turns out to be a killer.

References

  1. ↑ Alec Coppel: Australian Playwright and Survivor by Stephen Vagg 2010, Australasian Drama Studies
  2. ↑ "The Devil in Manhattan". The Daily Telegraph. 25 May 1967. p. 21.
  3. ↑ "Late scribe makes sale". Variety. 23 April 1997.
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