'Extraordinary... one of her finest novels'Guardian"If everybody in the world didn't keep watching to see what everybody else did,we'd all go berserk."Jenny believes that sighting an owl is a portent of death. When she spots a stranger looking in through her window one night,she believes that he is an omen too. But fate doesn't work in the way that either of them expect.This novel of suspense and paranoia draws on Highsmith's own experience of being a stalker.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784876807Number of pages: 272Weight: 180 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 22 mm
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Patricia Highsmith has an extraordinary talent for the sinister,and this is well revealed in The Cry of the Owl,one of her finest novelsPatricia Highsmith is a craftsman who has made the suspense novel her own domainThe basic nightmare situation - to be accused of a crime you did not commit and be unable to prove your innocence- is the subject of The Cry of the Owl... It's Kafka with a vengeance... compulsiveA rare talent,a remarkable novelist... her books are written in elegant and lucid prose
Patricia Highsmith
One of the best-loved writers of psychological suspense,Patricia Highsmith was an award-winning American novelist,best known for her Mr Ripley thrillers.
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