Strangers on a Train
(Sprache: Englisch)
CLASSIC THRILLER BEHIND THE HITCHCOCK FILM AND HIGHSMITH'S FIRST NOVEL
By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley and Carol
...
By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley and Carol
...
Jetzt vorbestellen
versandkostenfrei
Buch (Gebunden)
22.90 €
- Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
- Kostenlose Rücksendung
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „Strangers on a Train “
Klappentext zu „Strangers on a Train “
CLASSIC THRILLER BEHIND THE HITCHCOCK FILM AND HIGHSMITH'S FIRST NOVELBy the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley and Carol
'Her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability' SUNDAY TIMES
'The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense' MARK BILLINGHAM
'A gem . . . A magnificent suspense' DAILY MAIL
The psychologists would call it folie a deux . . .
'Bruno slammed his palms together. "Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you kill my father! We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch?'''
Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno are passengers on the same train. Haines is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno a mysterious smooth-talker with a sadistic proposal: he'll murder Haines's wife if Haines will murder Bruno's father. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy finds himself trapped in Highsmith's perilous world, where, under the right circumstances, ordinary people are capable of extraordinary crimes. From this moment, almost against his conscious will, he is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an insidious merging of personalities.
Autoren-Porträt von Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year. Claire Messud is a recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The author of five other works of fiction including, most recently, The Burning Girl, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her family.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Patricia Highsmith
- 2016, 352 Seiten, Maße: 13,6 x 20,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN-10: 0349007276
- ISBN-13: 9780349007274
- Erscheinungsdatum: 27.01.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
To call Patricia Highsmith a thriller writer is true but not the whole truth: her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability Sunday Times
Kommentar zu "Strangers on a Train"
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "Strangers on a Train".
Kommentar verfassen