false 15677 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. 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With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 4 1 false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Feb 09 16:35:12 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 16:39:19 -0800 2009 1 21858582 711903 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. 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With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 3 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu May 08 09:53:25 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 09:59:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 57162234 2295948 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 5 1 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 11:43:38 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 12:51:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 23008762 380014 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. 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Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 5 0 false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 09:26:01 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 12:23:41 -0700 2009
...and leaves everything else behind in the book.

This very very creepy book. Sometimes I wonder why I'm drawn to novels about the underbelly of human nature. Probably be...more...]]> 45296447 128298 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 3 1 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 15:56:10 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 03:14:06 -0800 2009 1000 Books You Should Read series, and being intrigued by the idea - two men meet on a train, and agree to complete each other's murders.

Of course, it's not really like that at all - it is Bruno who becomes obsessed wi...more...]]> 45890314 2012714 531245 0140037969 9780140037968 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175570665m/531245.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175570665s/531245.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/531245.Strangers_on_a_Train 4.00 12 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 19:37:46 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 16:34:21 -0700 2009
I don't know if it's fair to call Strangers On A Train a thrille...more...]]> 40101789 1803229 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 2 1 true Sun Dec 14 16:45:18 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 16:58:20 -0800 2008
...more...]]> 73110347 2628102 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 3 0 false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 11:26:29 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 09:21:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 37160111 1653639 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 5 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 20:06:46 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 20:19:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 27511414 1162892 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 5 1 false Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Jul 17 07:27:46 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 07:28:05 -0700 2008 Alfred Hitchcock adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s debut novel, Strangers on a Train, will discover that it resembles the film mostly in the initial set up of the plot, then diverges rapidly away from the more standard, cinematic thriller fare. As the movie harkens back to Hitchcockâ€...more...]]> 16262657 894544 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 3 0 false Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 14:03:50 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 10:06:54 -0800 2008 Strangers On A Train is probably best known as the Hitchcock movie, but the novel by Patricia Highsmith is the source of this creepy and twisted story. The movie makes a concerted effort to condense and synthesize the elements of the book in a way that would be palpable for audiences at the time, a...more...]]> 10476346 686879 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 15 15:02:14 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 14:37:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 39904935 1572676 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 5 0 false Thu Dec 11 17:01:11 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 17:17:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 75758800 2878802 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 2 0 false Sat Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Oct 26 06:31:28 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 02:06:12 -0700 2009 1
I love the film so I'm slightly gutted that I disliked the book so much. I think that the problem with the book is that it was over-complicated, whereas the film is fairly straight forward, even th...more...]]> 20405543 1093061 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 4 0 true Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 17 14:25:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 30 21:05:42 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 71133030 89170 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 3 0 false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 21:08:44 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 07:45:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22062908 1108123 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 3 0 false Mon May 12 05:52:15 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 05:52:58 -0700 2008
With Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Saskia Reeves and Bill Nighy

Also with Jane Whittenshaw, Denys Hawthorne, Stephen Critchlow, John Hartley, Andrew Branch and Roger May
Directed by Andy Jordan

Broadcast 25 Jan 1996, rpt 24 Apr 1997
...more...]]> 65370844 2348938 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 4 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 00:24:52 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 00:26:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47741794 2040773 15677 0393321983 9780393321982 70 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15677.Strangers_on_a_Train 3.93 613 The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty works of fiction, unparalleled in their placid deviousness and sardonic humor. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. With this novel, Highsmith revels in eliciting the unsettling psychological forces that lurk beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.]]> 1950 2 0 false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:24:38 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 30 16:16:28 -0700 2009
Largely, I was relieved to finish this book. The internal justifications took the place of driving action. The author is famous for her understated deaths, which I agree were effective in their contribution to the surreality of the situation. Unf...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15677