The Glass Cell: A Virago Modern Classic - Couverture souple

Highsmith, Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349004951 ISBN 13 : 9780349004952

Editeur : Virago, 2014

Synopsis

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

'Highsmith writes about men like a spider writing about flies' OBSERVER

'For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith' TIME

'The Glass Cell has lost little of its disturbing power . . . Highsmith was a genuine one-off' DAILY TELEGRAPH

Based on a true story, The Glass Cell is Highsmith's deeply disturbing fictionalisation of everything she learned. Falsely convicted of fraud, the easy-going but naive Philip Carter is sent to prison. Despite his devotion to Hazel, his wife, and the support of David Sullivan, a lawyer and friend who tries to avenge the injustice done to him, Carter endures six lonely and drug-ravaged years. Upon his release, Carter is a much more discerning, suspicious, and violent man. His beautiful wife is waiting for him. He has never had any reason to doubt her. For those around him, earning back his trust can mean the difference between life and death.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349004951
• ISBN 13: 9780349004952
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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