Found in the Street by Patricia Highsmith
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN ' The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense' MARK BILLINGHAM 'Her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability' SUNDAY TIMES 'Uncomfortable, frightening, compulsive and, worst of all, terribly believable' TIME OUT On a stroll through Greenwich Village, security guard Ralph Linderman finds a wallet on the sidewalk. It belongs to Jack Sutherland, a wealthy aspiring artist, and it is his misfortune to have it returned to him - with all $263 and credit cards untouched. Because now Ralph knows where Jack lives. Elsie Tyler is a beautiful young waitress - an innocent in New York - and Ralph feels he must protect her from 'bad company'. When he sees Elsie leaving Jack's apartment, he is not pleased. Not pleased at all. He is entirely unprepared for the complex maze of sexual obsession and disturbing psychological intrigue he is about to be drawn into. By the author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Found in the Street is an unsettling thriller that explores the bleakest alleyways of human desire.
By her hypnotic art Patricia Highsmith puts the suspense story into a toweringly high place in the hierarchy of fiction * The Times *
Highsmith is a giant of the genreThe original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense -- Mark Billingham
To call Patricia Highsmith a thriller writer is true but not the whole truth: her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability * Sunday Times *
Highsmith was every bit as deviant and quirky as her mischievous heroes, and didn't seem to mind if everyone knew it -- J. G. Ballard * Daily Telegraph *
Uncomfortable, frightening, compulsive and, worst of all, terribly believable * Time Out *
I love Highsmith so much . . . What a revelation her writing is -- Gillian Flynn
No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying * Vogue *
One of the finest crime novelists * New York Times *
An extremely clever novel . . . there is no one quite like Highsmith -- Anita Brookner
Intoxicating flavor and promise * Publishers Weekly *
Highsmith, a pioneer of the psychopathology thriller, is to some extent responsible for the high level of craft at work in that genre today * Kirkus Reviews *
An extremely clever novel . . . there is no one quite like Highsmith -- Anita Brookner
Highsmith is a giant of the genreThe original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense -- Mark Billingham
To call Patricia Highsmith a thriller writer is true but not the whole truth: her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability * Sunday Times *
Highsmith was every bit as deviant and quirky as her mischievous heroes, and didn't seem to mind if everyone knew it -- J. G. Ballard * Daily Telegraph *
Uncomfortable, frightening, compulsive and, worst of all, terribly believable * Time Out *
I love Highsmith so much . . . What a revelation her writing is -- Gillian Flynn
No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying * Vogue *
One of the finest crime novelists * New York Times *
An extremely clever novel . . . there is no one quite like Highsmith -- Anita Brookner
Intoxicating flavor and promise * Publishers Weekly *
Highsmith, a pioneer of the psychopathology thriller, is to some extent responsible for the high level of craft at work in that genre today * Kirkus Reviews *
An extremely clever novel . . . there is no one quite like Highsmith -- Anita Brookner
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780349004884 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349004889 |
| Title | Found in the Street |
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2016-01-21 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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