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Ramón had done it. Obviously! He thought about Ramón, his Catholic soul trapped in his passion for Lelia. He'd find Ramón and see that he paid with his life for what he had done.'Hot-tempered Ramón was born into poverty in Mexico City, mild-mannered Theo is a wealthy German expatriate. The two men are unlikely friends - especially as they are in love with the same woman. When Lelia is found brutally murdered, both lovers are suspects - and eac...

Dear Sir, I suppose you are pretty pleased with yourself? Superior to everyone, you think. A fancy apartment and a snob dog. You are a disgusting little machine, nothing else. Your days are numbered.'Ed Reynolds, an editor at a prestigious publishing house, has received a number of anonymous poison pen letters. He has no idea who could bear him such a grudge. Returning home one night, he finds a ransom note for his wife's beloved French poodle...

The Glass Cell has lost little of its disturbing power . . . Highsmith was a genuine one-off, and her books will haunt you' Daily TelegraphPhilip Carter has spent six years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. On his release his beautiful wife is waiting for him. He has never had any reason to doubt her. Nor their friend, Sullivan. Carter has never been suspicious, or violent. But prison can change a man.In 1961, Patricia Highsmith received...

Edith's fall takes the form of a psychological chiller, but there is also something larger, the poignancy of her struggle not to go under. She is betrayed by such ordinary dreams' New York TimesEdith Howland's diary is her most precious possession, and as she is moving house she is making sure it's safe. A suburban housewife in fifties America, she is moving to Brunswick with her husband Brett and her beloved son, Cliffie, to start a new life ...

The remarkable renaissance of Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of The Highsmith Reader, featuring two groundbreaking novels as well as a trove of penetrating short stories. Strangers on a Train, transformed into a legendary film by Alfred Hitchcock, displays Highsmiths genius for psychological characterization and tortuous suspense, while The Price of Salt, with its lesbian lovers and a creepy PI, provides a thrilling and high...

Die Geschichte von Carol Aird - einer verheirateten, gesellschaftlich gutgestellten, reifen Frau und Mutter - und der neunzehnjährigen Therese Belivet, die verlobt ist, Bühnenbildnerin werden möchte und als Teilzeitverkäuferin arbeitet. Während Therese vom ersten Augenblick an von Carol fasziniert ist, hat Carol zuerst noch Skrupel, sich mit einer Frau einzulassen. Als sie sich schließlich für Therese entscheidet, sieht sie sich vom Verlust ih...

These little tales are tremendous fun, glorious hand grenades lobbed at the reader by a gleeful, cackling Patricia Highsmith' Dan Rhodes Little Tales of Misogyny is Highsmith's legendary, cultish short-story collection. With an eerie simplicity of style, Highsmith turns our next-door neighbours into sadistic psychopaths, lying in wait among white picket fences and manicured lawns. In these darkly satirical, often hilarious, sketches you'll mee...

Der amerikanische Hochstapler und Fremdenführer Rydal lernt in Athen das elegante Ehepaar Chester und Colette MacFarland kennen. Die schöne Blonde erinnert ihn an seine unglückliche Jugendliebe, und während Rydal ihr immer mehr verfällt, zieht ihn Chester in einen Strudel des Verbrechens. Als man ihnen auf die Spur kommt, fliehen die drei über Kreta und Marseille bis nach Paris, wo sie ihr Schicksal schließlich einholt. Ein Roman über Eifersuc...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world's greatest authors, the English language comes to life...

A classic tale of infatuation, deception, and murder set in 1960s Greece, soon to be a major motion picture.

Unbeschwerte Dolce Vita: Das ist das Leben, von dem Tom Ripley in seinem New Yorker Kellerloch träumt - und das sein Schulfreund Dickie Greenleaf führt. Dickies Vater, ein reicher Reeder, bittet Tom, nach Italien zu fahren und seinen >verlorenen Sohn< nach Amerika zurückzuholen: ein Traumauftrag für einen armen Nobody wie Tom. Noch ahnt niemand, wie weit Ripley gehen wird, um für immer zu Dickies Welt zu gehören.

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The book tells the story of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose salvation arrives one day in the form of Carol Aird, an alluring suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce. They fall in love and set out across the United States.

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In unmistakable Highsmithian fashion, Small g, Patricia Highsmith's final novel, opens near a seedy Zurich bar with the brutal murder of Petey Ritter. Unraveling the vagaries of love, sexuality, jealousy, and death, Highsmith weaves a mystery both hilarious and astonishing, a classic fairy tale executed with a characteristic penchant for darkness. Published in paperback for the first time in America, Small g is at once an exorcism of Highsmith...

Con Una afición peligrosa, después de Pájaros a punto de volar, publicada el año pasado en esta colección, se completa la edición de los cuentos inéditos, o no recogidos en libros, de Patricia Highsmith. Los relatos muestran el espectro completo de su escritura, desde las narraciones psicológicas hasta lo grotesco, así como algunos personajes frecuentes en sus novelas, por ejemplo el psicópata gigoló de Una afición peligrosa. Otras narraciones...

Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking.

Die gläserne Zelle ist die Geschichte eines Mannes, der unschuldig im Gefängnis sitzt, dabei total zerstört wird, aber dennoch versucht, sein normales, bürgerliches Leben wieder aufzubauen - bis er die Tat, wofür er bereits bestraft wurde, nachholt.

Der amerikanische Hochstapler und Fremdenführer Rydal lernt in Athen das elegante Ehepaar Chester und Colette MacFarland kennen. Die schöne Blonde erinnert ihn an seine unglückliche Jugendliebe, und während Rydal ihr immer mehr verfällt, zieht ihn Chester in einen Strudel des Verbrechens. Als man ihnen auf die Spur kommt, fliehen die drei über Kreta und Marseille bis nach Paris, wo sie ihr Schicksal schließlich einholt. Ein Roman über Eifersuc...