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The Blunderer
The Blunderer
Author: Patricia Highsmith
With the savage humor of Evelyn Waugh and the macabre sensibility of Edgar Allan Poe, Patricia Highsmith brought a distinct twentieth-century acuteness to her prolific body of fiction. In her more than twenty novels, psychopaths lie in wait amid the milieu of the mundane, in the neighbor clipping the hedges or the spouse asleep next to you at ni...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393322446
ISBN-10: 0393322440
Publication Date: 11/2001
Pages: 288
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 1
"Like 'Strangers on a Train', 'The Blunderer' is the study of two accused criminals and how they cope with each other while being hounded by an aggressive police detective. As guilt and suspicion build with each page the reader is really dropped into the deep end of endless anxiety and self-doubt. I found myself completely absorbed, especially during the last half of the novel. It is such a joy to read a novel that is crisp, economical and written in a seemingly effortless style." amazon
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Classic Highsmith.... a murderer and an innocent man caught in a psychological death spiral. Highly recommended!
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