by Patricia Highsmith · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475307800
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«El juego de Ripley (El amigo americano)» is the suspense volume by Patricia Highsmith that brings together three novels, published by Orbis in hardcover.
The book brings together three crime novels: «El juego de Ripley», also known as «El amigo americano», «Crímenes imaginarios» and «El juego del escondite». The three works fall within psychological suspense and noir fiction.
Fifth volume in the collection «Obras selectas de Patricia Highsmith», within «Grandes Maestros del Crimen y Misterio». 572 pages in Spanish, translated by Jordi Beltrán.
Suitable for readers of noir fiction and psychological suspense looking for classics of the genre in collector's editions.
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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.
