Category Archives: John Wainwright

Garde à vue (1981) – Tuesday’s Forgotten Film

Posted on 19 March 2013 by

Also released in some English-speaking territories as either The Inquisitor or The Grilling, this was the first cinema adaptation of John Wainwright’s 1979 novel Brainwash (click here to read my review). The second, Under Suspicion (2000), was in effect a … Continue reading →

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BRAINWASH (1979) by John Wainwright

Posted on 22 February 2013 by

This claustrophobic psychological whodunit was one of over 80 books by John William Wainwright (1921-1995), a crime writer from Leeds who despite his prolific output seems in danger of being forgotten  – at present in fact none of his books … Continue reading →

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