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In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith's perilous world - where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder. The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction and proved her mastery of depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life. Listening Length: 9 hours and 41 minutes
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Sconosciuti in treno, Ester Danesi Traversari, Patricia Highsmith
- Language
- Released
- 1989
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Sconosciuti in treno
- Language
- Italian
- Publisher
- Bompiani
- Released
- 1989
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 326
- ISBN10
- 884521432X
- ISBN13
- 9788845214325
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Suspense, USA, Murders, American Literature, Psychological Thrillers, Theatre Plays, Fear, Alcohol, Noir, Divorce, Texas
- Original title
- Strangers on the train
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith's perilous world - where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder. The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction and proved her mastery of depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life. Listening Length: 9 hours and 41 minutes