by Patricia Highsmith · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099283072
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«Strangers on a Train» is the psychological suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Vintage in paperback (272 pages, in English).
A chance encounter on a train between Guy Haines, an architect in the midst of a divorce, and Charles Bruno, a psychopath who proposes an exchange of murders, unleashes a nightmare of shared guilt. Tension mounts as Bruno drags Guy into the pact and their personalities insidiously merge.
It is Patricia Highsmith's first novel and served as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film.
For readers of crime fiction, thriller and classic suspense.
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.
