by Patricia Highsmith · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433931382
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«El cuchillo» is the novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardcover (270 pages, in Spanish).
A lawyer becomes obsessed with the violent death of a respectable woman and the possibility that her husband is the killer. A lieutenant tries to prove that two men have murdered their wives, and the protagonist, fascinated, wonders to what extent he would be capable of committing a similar crime.
It corresponds to number 138 of the Panorama de narrativas collection; Editorial Anagrama published it in Barcelona in 1988, with a translation by Manel G. Palacio.
It is suitable for readers of contemporary fiction and psychological suspense, especially for those already familiar with Patricia Highsmith's narrative.
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.
