Patricia Highsmith

Broschiertes Buch

A Dog's Ransom

A Virago Modern Classic

Beschreibung

The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this novel that will give dog owners nightmares for years to come. Highsmith blends savage humour with brilliant social satire in this dark tale.

Autor

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.

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Produktdetails

• Virago Modern Classics
• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group / Virago Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 252642
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 123mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 208g
• ISBN-13: 9780349004891
• ISBN-10: 0349004897
• Artikelnr.: 40527645

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