STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH

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Arrow Vintage
Any d'edició:
2021
Matèria
Literatura en otros idiomas
ISBN:
978-1-78487-677-7
Pàgines:
288
Enquadernació:
Paperback
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Reissued to mark the centenary of Patricia Highsmith and the upcoming BBC adaption, Ripley, these beautiful new editions mark Highsmith's entry into Vintage Classics

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PAULA HAWKINS, AUTHOR OF "GIRL ON A TRAIN"

"Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you kill my father! We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch?"

From this moment, almost against his conscious will, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an insidious merging of personalities. The psychologists would call it folie a deux...

Strangers on a Train was Patricia Highsmith's first novel, and adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock.

"A true original in crime fiction". The Times.

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