by Patricia Highsmith · Diario El Pais, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496390102
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«El grito de la lechuza» is the suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Diario El País, S.A. in paperback (314 pages, in Spanish).
Robert Forester, an aeronautical engineer, flees New York after disputes with his wife and settles in a town in Pennsylvania. There he finds solace watching Jenny, a young neighbor. When she and her boyfriend discover that someone is spying on her, Forester becomes trapped in a nightmare of guilt and murder.
This 2004 edition belongs to the El País Serie Negra collection (no. 50). The novel originally appeared in 1962 under the title The Cry of the Owl.
For readers of crime fiction and psychological suspense, especially those interested in the work of Patricia Highsmith.
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.
