Strangers on a Train
of Patricia Highsmith
Description
The world of Patricia Highsmith has always been filled with ordinary people, all of whom are capable of very ordinary crimes. This theme was present from the beginning, when her debut novel, Strangers on a Train, galvanized the reading public. Here we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. âSome people are better off dead,â Bruno remarks, âlike your wife and my father, for instance.â As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmithâs perilous world, where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder.The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcockâs classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 281 pages
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date August 28th 2001
- First Publication 10/28/50
- Language English
- ISBN 9780393321982
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['United States of America']
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