by Patricia Highsmith · Noguer Y Caralt Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427900196
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«El grito de la lechuza» is the mystery novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Noguer Y Caralt Editores in paperback (317 pages, in Spanish).
Robert Forester, an aeronautical engineer, moves to a town in Pennsylvania after his marriage fails. His habit of watching a neighbor, Jenny, drags him into a spiral of paranoia, misunderstandings and deaths; an innocent man whom everyone sees as guilty. A novel about obsession and mental fragility.
The novel was originally published in English in 1962 as The Cry of the Owl. This edition belongs to the Esfinge collection (number 17) and features a translation by Joaquín Llinás.
For readers of psychological suspense and crime fiction.
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.
