10% off all books and free delivery over £50
Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks.

Strangers on a Train

View All Editions (4)

The selected edition of this book is not available to buy right now.
Add To Wishlist
Write A Review

About

Strangers on a Train Synopsis

Just in time for the centennial celebration of groundbreaking noir fiction writer Patricia Highsmith comes a reissue of her propulsive, engrossing debut, Strangers on a Train, with a new introduction by best-selling author Paula Hawkins. Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno are passengers on the same train. Haines is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno a mysterious smooth-talker with a sadistic proposal: he'll murder Haines's wife if Haines will murder Bruno's father.

As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy finds himself trapped in Highsmith's perilous world, where, under the right circumstances, ordinary people are capable of extraordinary crimes. The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith's prolific career, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday life.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780393351934
Publication date:
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Publisher: W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 256 pages
Genres: Classic fiction: general and literary

Frequently asked questions