Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (English) Paperback Book

Description: Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each other! The psychologists would call it folie a deux...Strangers on a Train was Patricia Highsmiths first novel, and adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock.A true original in crime fiction The Times FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Reissued to mark the centenary of Patricia Highsmith and the upcoming BBC adaption, Ripley, these beautiful new editions mark Highsmiths entry into Vintage ClassicsWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PAULA HAWKINS, AUTHOR OF GIRL ON A TRAIN"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?"From this moment, almost against his conscious will, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an insidious merging of personalities. The psychologists would call it folie a deux...Strangers on a Train was Patricia Highsmiths first novel, and adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock.A true original in crime fiction The Times Author Biography Patricia Highsmith was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1921 but moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year she edited the college magazine, having decided to become a writer at the age of sixteen. Her first novel Strangers on a Train was made into a famous film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. Patricia Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland in 1995. Her last novel Small g- A Summer Idyll was published posthumously just over a month later Review A gem... A magnificent suspense * Daily Mail *A writer who created a world of her own - a world claustrophobic and irrational which we enter each time with a sense of personal danger -- Graham GreeneA true original in crime fiction and a superb writer * The Times *Her writing is clean, exact, polished to a hard glint; she combines an acute emotional perceptiveness with a disturbing readiness to torture her characters and, by extension, her audience * Stylist * Review Text A gem... A magnificent suspense Review Quote A gem... A magnificent suspense Promotional "Headline" Reissued to mark the centenary of Patricia Highsmith and the upcoming BBC adaption, Ripley, these beautiful new editions mark Highsmiths entry into Vintage Classics Details ISBN1784876771 Author Patricia Highsmith Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2021 ISBN-10 1784876771 ISBN-13 9781784876777 Language English DEWEY 813.54 Publication Date 2021-04-15 Pages 288 UK Release Date 2021-04-15 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-04-15 NZ Release Date 2021-04-15 Birth 1856 Death 1939 Affiliation Suny Albany Position Associate Professor Qualifications FBA Imprint Vintage Classics Audience General Alternative 9780099283072 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132899901;

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