Editing Sliver (novel)

{{short description|1991 erotic novel by Ira Levin}}
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{{italic title}}
{{Infobox book
| name       = Sliver
| image      = Sliver.jpg
| caption    = First edition cover
| author     = [[Ira Levin]]
| country    = United States
| language   = English
| publisher  = [[Bantam Books]]
| pub_date   = March, 1991
| media_type = Print ([[hardback]], [[paperback]])
| pages      = 190
| isbn       = 0-553-07292-7
}}

'''''Sliver''''' is an erotic novel by the American writer [[Ira Levin]], first published in 1991. The story follows a group of mysterious people in a privately owned high-rise apartment building in New York City after an attractive young woman moves in. The novel was adapted into a [[Sliver (film)|film of the same name]] in 1993. Directed by [[Phillip Noyce]] and written by [[Joe Eszterhas]], it starred [[Sharon Stone]], [[William Baldwin]], [[Polly Walker]] and [[Tom Berenger]].

==Plot summary==
Kay Norris, a book editor, moves into a Manhattan "sliver” building. Tall and slender, it has only two apartments on each floor. She meets a handsome and friendly fellow occupant. Norris does not know at first that the young man is the owner. He turns out to be a modern-day “[[peeping tom]]” who secretly had surveillance cameras and microphones installed in every apartment, with his own place in the building serving as his headquarters. Norris soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery, and finds herself in danger.

==Reception==
[[Carolyn See]]'s review in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' observed the book's heroine "lives such a blameless life...that it comes as a refreshing relief when the voyeur insinuates his way into her real life--even though we all know that no good can come of it." See concluded that "'Sliver,' on the horror graph, comes in at about the level of a hot fudge [[sundae]]."<ref name="C. See">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-18-vw-1116-story.html |title= BOOK REVIEW : A Tale of Voyeurism With a Bit of Horror : SLIVER: A Novel, by Ira Levin. Bantam Books, $19.95, 256 pages |author= Carolyn See |date= 18 Feb 1991  |website= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date= 11 Aug 2023 |quote= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811221234/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-18-vw-1116-story.html |archive-date=11 Aug 2023 |url-status=}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.iralevin.org/sliver-book.html Official entry] at IraLevin.org

[[Category:1991 American novels]]
[[Category:American novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Bantam Books books]]
[[Category:Novels by Ira Levin]]
[[Category:Novels set in New York City]]
[[Category:Novels set in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Erotic thrillers]]


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