by Patricia Highsmith · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408030089
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«Crímenes bestiales» is the short story collection by Patricia Highsmith, published by Planeta in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
In this book, Patricia Highsmith attributes to animals the criminal impulses we usually associate with people. A truffle-hunting sow, a circus elephant and other creatures star in macabre and satirical stories, with black humour and an uncomfortable look at revenge.
The collection was originally published in English as The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder in 1975, and this Spanish edition appeared in 1999.
For readers of contemporary fiction and short stories looking for a satirical and macabre tone, with animals as protagonists.
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.
