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In A Dog's Ransom, one of Patricia Highsmith's most acclaimed and suspenseful novels, a high-minded criminal hits a Manhattan couple where it hurts most when he kidnaps their beloved black miniature poodle, Lisa, from Riverside Park. Ed Reynolds, a forty-two-year-old editor at a prestigious publishing house, returns home one night to find a note: 'Dear Sir: I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy . . . I gather she is important to you? We'll see.' And so the nightmare begins for the Reynolds couple in this harrowing portrait of mid-century urban life shattered by a single bizarre event. Reminiscent of the best social dramas, A Dog's Ransom captures the fragility of middle-class life in this riveting, scathing tale.
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A dog's ransom, Patricia Highsmith
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- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- A dog's ransom
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Patricia Highsmith
- Publisher
- Virago
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0349004897
- ISBN13
- 9780349004891
- Series
- Collection
- Virago Modern Classics
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Suspense, American Literature, Adapted for Film, Noir
- First published
- 1955
- Original title
- A Dog's Ransom
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- In A Dog's Ransom, one of Patricia Highsmith's most acclaimed and suspenseful novels, a high-minded criminal hits a Manhattan couple where it hurts most when he kidnaps their beloved black miniature poodle, Lisa, from Riverside Park. Ed Reynolds, a forty-two-year-old editor at a prestigious publishing house, returns home one night to find a note: 'Dear Sir: I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy . . . I gather she is important to you? We'll see.' And so the nightmare begins for the Reynolds couple in this harrowing portrait of mid-century urban life shattered by a single bizarre event. Reminiscent of the best social dramas, A Dog's Ransom captures the fragility of middle-class life in this riveting, scathing tale.