![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/fugue21/magnifier-left.png)
![Strangers On A Train by Patricia Highsmith](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0099283077.01._SX180_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... Strangers On A Train (original 1950; edition 1999)by Patricia Highsmith
Work InformationStrangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (1950)
![]()
» 24 more Best Crime Fiction (48) 1950s (64) Books Read in 2020 (438) Best Noir Fiction (53) Books Read in 2018 (1,685) A Novel Cure (336) Books Read in 2023 (4,187) Books Read in 2022 (4,628) Books About Murder (152) First Novels (219) ScaredyKIT 2018 (11) Biggest Disappointments (450) No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() I have wanted to read this book for a long time, so when I was challenged to read something off a backlist, this was my choice! It is such a great psychological thriller, showing the guilt of a murderer, albeit a reluctant one. When 2 strangers, Guy Haines and Charles Bruno, meet on a train, and start talking about people they despise, Bruno plants a seed that they should each kill the other person's target. Who would suspect strangers of plotting such a thing? As the story develops, Guy can't deal with the guilt that he unwittingly triggered Bruno to kill Guy's wife, and now is in an untenable position. Bruno continues to threaten Guy, until Guy kills Bruno's father for him. Eerie, twisted story! no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesCompactos Anagrama (11) detebe (20173) El País. Serie negra (18) Mirabilia (156) Den svarte serie (17) — 2 more Vampiro (70) Virago Modern Classics (601) Is contained inStrangers on a train; The talented Mr. Ripley; Ripley under ground; Ripley's game; The boy who followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Has the adaptationIs abridged inHas as a student's study guide
In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith's perilous world-where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder. The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction, and proved her mastery of depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |