A masterpiece of noir fantasy in which Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday life.
Sydney Bartleby has killed his wife. At least, he has thought about it, compulsively, repeatedly, plotting schemes, designing escapes, forging alibis. Of course he has; he's a thriller writer. He even knows how to dispose of her body. But when Alicia takes a long, unannounced holiday, Sydney descends into the treacherous world of his own fantasy.
Autorenportrait:
Patricia Highsmith (geboren am 19.1.1921, Fort Worth/Texas, gestorben 4.2.1995, Locarno, begraben in Tegna/Tessin) wuchs in Texas und New York auf. Studium der Literatur und Zoologie. Erste Kurzgeschichten an der Highschool, erster Lebensunterhalt als Comictexterin, erster Welterfolg 1950 mit ihrem Romanerstling Zwei Fremde im Zug , dessen Verfilmung durch Alfred Hitchcock sie über Nacht weltberühmt machte.
Rezension:
Bears Highsmith's unique, unsurpassed mixture of unsettling psychological insights, moods of tension and malice, and an ending of brilliant ambiguity The Times
