Name: Strangers on a Train
SKU: 53655492
Price: 706.00 TWD
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Author: Highsmith, Patricia ; Hawkins, Paula
ISBN: 9780393351934

Type

Physical Book

Author

Patricia Highsmith

Introduction by

Paula Hawkins

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x13.5x2 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9780393351934

Synopsis "Strangers on a Train "

Just in time for the centennial celebration of groundbreaking noir fiction writer Patricia Highsmith comes a reissue of her propulsive, engrossing debut, Strangers on a Train, with a new introduction by best-selling author Paula Hawkins. Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno are passengers on the same train. Haines is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno a mysterious smooth-talker with a sadistic proposal: he'll murder Haines's wife if Haines will murder Bruno's father. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy finds himself trapped in Highsmith's perilous world, where, under the right circumstances, ordinary people are capable of extraordinary crimes. The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith's prolific career, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday life.

Patricia Highsmith

(Author)

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She was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1921, but moved to New York when she was six years old. By the age of sixteen, she became a writer. She was known for being a solitary person. She moved to Europe in 1963 and spent her last years in a secluded house near Locarno, on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Upon her death, she left three million dollars from her estate to Yaddo, the artists' community in upstate New York. Her first novel Strangers on a Train, was turned into a famous movie by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. Her last novel Small g: A Summer Idyll was published posthumously just over a month later.

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Paula Hawkins

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Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for over fifteen years before turning to fiction. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, she moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. Her name became globally known when she published The Girl on the Train and was further established with Into the Water. For years her books have been on the bestseller lists around the world, with more than 27 million copies sold in over 50 countries. Paula Hawkins has become one of the biggest publishing phenomena of the last decade.

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