NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING VIGGO MORTENSON AND KIRSTEN DUNST By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley,Carol and Strangers on a Train. 'The original,the best,the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense'MARK BILLINGHAM'The No. 1 greatest crime writer'THE TIMES 'I'm a huge fan'SARAH WATERS Two men meet in the picturesque backstreets of Athens. Chester MacFarlane is a conman with multiple false identities,near the end of his rope and on the run with his young wife Colette. Rydal Keener is a young drifter looking for adventure: he finds it in one evening as the law catches up to Chester and Colette,and their fates become fatally entwined.Patricia Highsmith draws us deep into a cross-European game of cat and mouse in this masterpiece of suspense from the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780349008080Number of pages: 320Weight: 219 gDimensions: 197 x 128 x 21 mm
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Highsmith is a giant of the genre. The original,the best,the gloriously twisted Queen of SuspenseThere are many attractive parts to this thriller - handsome leads,a meaty Patricia Highsmith plot,Mediterranean sunlight on cream linen suitsThe No. 1 greatest crime writer An offbeat,provocative and absorbing suspense novel With fantastic pace and mounting tension the plot propels you into a nail-biting game of cat-and-mouseI'm a huge fanHighsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing...bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night(Highsmith's) characters are irrational,and they leap to life in their very lack of reason...Highsmith is the poet of apprehension rather than fearSuspenseful and evocative
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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