by Patricia Highsmith · Editorial Anagrama S.A.U. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433920676
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«El cuchillo» is the mystery novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardback (272 pages, in Spanish).
Lawyer Walter Stackhouse, a man of comfortable appearance, becomes obsessed with the murder of Helen Kimmel, a middle-class woman. He cuts out the newspaper article and even considers writing an essay on the case while his marriage to Clara falls apart. His fascination with the crime brings him closer to a dark mirror of his own desires.
The novel, translated by Manel G. Palacio, belongs to Anagrama's Compactos collection. Its original title is «The Blunderer».
Suitable for readers of psychological crime fiction and followers of the author of «Extraños en un tren».
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.
