by Patricia Highsmith · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433920157
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«Extraños en un tren» is the psychological suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (360 pages, in Spanish).
On a train journey, Bruno and Guy strike up a conversation. Bruno, of unstable character and obsessive mindset, proposes a macabre plan to Guy: each will murder the person the other wants eliminated, thus creating perfect alibis. Guy rejects the deal, but Bruno carries it out on his own and then demands his part, dragging Guy into a nightmare of guilt and paranoia.
The work originally appeared as «Strangers on a Train» in 1950. Volume 11 of Anagrama's Compactos collection, translated by Jordi Beltrán.
For readers of crime fiction and psychological suspense, and for those who want to discover the original work behind Alfred Hitchcock's film adaptation.
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.
