‘Strangers on a Train has lost none of its power to disturb…We will likely be reading Patricia Highsmith for the next one hundred years.’ —Paula Hawkins
Just in time for the centennial celebration of groundbreaking noir fiction writer Patricia Highsmith comes a reissue of her propulsive, engrossing debut,Strangers on a Train, with a new introduction by best-selling author Paula Hawkins. 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. The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1951 film,
Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith’s prolific career, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday life.
About the author
Paula Hawkins is the best-selling author of The Girl on the Train. She lives in London.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9780393867336 ● File size 1.2 MB ● Publisher W. W. Norton & Company ● Country US ● Published 2021 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7550479 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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