by Patricia Highsmith · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140814880
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«Strangers on a Train» is the psychological suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Pearson in paperback (64 pages, in English).
On a train, Guy Haines, an architect in the midst of divorce, meets Charles Anthony Bruno, a manipulative psychopath who proposes they swap murders. The threat becomes real and Guy is trapped in a web of guilt and blackmail. The novel explores the fragility of normality and the human capacity for crime.
Abridged and adapted edition from the Penguin Readers series, published in 1995; includes introduction and exercises.
Intended for students of English as a foreign or second language and for readers seeking a graded, accessible read.
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.
