by Patricia Highsmith · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433920362
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«Sirenas en el campo de golf» is the short story collection by Patricia Highsmith, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
The title story follows Ken Minderquist, economic adviser to the White House, who takes the bullet meant for the president and saves his life. From then on, his self-control wavers: he sees mermaids frolicking on a golf course and gives a press conference in his new mansion. It combines irony, black humor and psychological horror.
Volume 32 of Anagrama's Compactos collection, translated by Jordi Beltrán. Original title: «Mermaids on the Golf Course» (1970).
For readers of short stories and psychological suspense, and for fans 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.
