by Patricia Highsmith · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140037968
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«Strangers on a Train» is the psychological suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Penguin in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Two strangers meet on a train: Guy Haines, an architect in the midst of a divorce, and Charles Anthony Bruno, a psychopath who proposes a pact: each eliminates the person who is in the other's way. When Bruno carries out his part, Guy becomes trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and in an identification with his conspirator.
First novel by Patricia Highsmith, originally published in 1950; nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award and filmed by Hitchcock in 1951.
Suitable for readers of crime fiction, thriller and suspense, and for those seeking classics of the genre.
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.
