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BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY , CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN INTRODUCED BY DENISE MINA 'Highsmith probes to the very core of her heroine with a controlled ferocity and single-mindedness that illuminates every page of her novel' THE TIMES 'A work of extraordinary force and feeling . . . her strongest, her most imaginative' NEW YORKER 'One of the mere twenty or so that I would say were perfect, unimprovable masterpieces' A. N Wilson, DAILY TELEGRAPH Edith 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 for them all. She is optimistic, but most of all she has high hopes for her new venture with Brett, a local newspaper, the Brunswick Corner Bugle . As Edith Howland's life becomes harsh, her diary entries only become brighter and brighter. Life seems full of promise, and indeed, to read her diary, filled with her most intimate feelings and revelations, you would never think otherwise. Strange, then, that reality is so dangerously different . . .
| EAN: | 9780349004556 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
| Titel der Reihe: | Virago Modern Classics## |
| Autoren: | Highsmith, Patricia |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General |
| Keyword: | best psychological thrillers; female protagonists; female thriller writers; New York; Murder; Texas; America; USA; page turner; Family Life; chilling thriller; twentieth century; American thriller writers; classic suspense novels; Patricia Highsmith; Pennsylvania; Denise Mina; fiction; classics; mystery; crime fiction thriller fiction; suspense fiction; Mystery Thriller; Noir; to read; currently reading; Wishlist; female main character; reality; dreams; emotional novels; vmc; odern classics; virago; virago novels; virago books; virago stories; virago fiction; Little Brown; Little Brown Book Group; Hachette; classic books; classic literature |
| Fachschema: | Amerikanische Belletristik / Kriminalroman~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Kriminalroman, Thriller |
| Fachkategorie: | Kriminalromane und Mystery~Klassische Belletristik~Psychothriller~Familienleben |
| Imprint-Titels: | Virago Press |
| Länge: | 189 mm |
| Breite: | 125 mm |
| Höhe: | 26 mm |