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Patricia Highsmith selected novels and short stories

Collects two novels and thirteen short stories by American writer Patricia Highsmith, including "Strangers on a Train" in which successful architect Guy Haines is harassed on a train by Charles Bruno, who offers to kill Haines' estranged wife if Haines will in turn kill Bruno's f...

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Main Author: Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Psychological fiction, American.
Short stories.
Summary: Collects two novels and thirteen short stories by American writer Patricia Highsmith, including "Strangers on a Train" in which successful architect Guy Haines is harassed on a train by Charles Bruno, who offers to kill Haines' estranged wife if Haines will in turn kill Bruno's father--and then goes on to carry out the unconfirmed bargain.
Physical Description: xvi, 644 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780393080131 (hardcover)
0393080137 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Patricia Highsmith wrote twenty-one novels including "Strangers on a Train" & the "Ripley" series. She died in 1995 in Switzerland, where she resided much of her life.

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