A Maxim Jakubowski selected title.
Anyone who enjoys intelligent crime fiction should read Patricia Highsmith, the uncontested queen of the murky psychological thriller where areas of grey predominate. If all you know of her, like many, are her Ripley series and Strangers on a Train or other film adaptations, the reissue programme by Vintage over the coming year of her complete backlist is an occasion for celebration (and delightful new covers). Sharp-edged characterisation with a wicked sense of humour, dispassionate portraits of psychopaths whose attraction can often not be denied and clockwork plots with Swiss-watch precision are just some of the delights in store and this initial batch of three splendid and devious novels is the right place to start. Classics that feel still as immediate today as decades ago.
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Philip 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. 'The Glass Cell has lost little of its disturbing power ...Highsmith was a genuine one-off, and her books will haunt you' Daily Telegraph
The Glass Cell A Virago Modern Classic features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
The Glass Cell A Virago Modern Classic is available in Paperback
The Glass Cell A Virago Modern Classic was written by Patricia Highsmith, Joan Schenkar and published by Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
The Glass Cell A Virago Modern Classic has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series
£9.89
