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In A Dog's Ransom, one of Patricia Highsmith's most acclaimed and suspenseful novels, a high-minded criminal hits a Manhattan couple where it hurts most when he kidnaps their beloved black miniature poodle, Lisa, from Riverside Park. Ed Reynolds, a forty-two-year-old editor at a prestigious publishing house, returns home one night to find a note: 'Dear Sir: I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy . . . I gather she is important to you? We'll see.' And so the nightmare begins for the Reynolds couple in this harrowing portrait of mid-century urban life shattered by a single bizarre event. Reminiscent of the best social dramas, A Dog's Ransom captures the fragility of middle-class life in this riveting, scathing tale.
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A dog's ransom, Patricia Highsmith
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- Année de publication
- 2016
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- Titre
- A dog's ransom
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Patricia Highsmith
- Éditeur
- Virago
- Publié
- 2016
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 0349004897
- ISBN13
- 9780349004891
- Séries
- Recueil
- Virago Modern Classics
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Polars, Suspense, Littérature américaine, Adapté au cinéma, Noir
- Première publication
- 1955
- Titre original
- A Dog's Ransom
- Évaluation
- 3,5 sur 5
- Description
- In A Dog's Ransom, one of Patricia Highsmith's most acclaimed and suspenseful novels, a high-minded criminal hits a Manhattan couple where it hurts most when he kidnaps their beloved black miniature poodle, Lisa, from Riverside Park. Ed Reynolds, a forty-two-year-old editor at a prestigious publishing house, returns home one night to find a note: 'Dear Sir: I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy . . . I gather she is important to you? We'll see.' And so the nightmare begins for the Reynolds couple in this harrowing portrait of mid-century urban life shattered by a single bizarre event. Reminiscent of the best social dramas, A Dog's Ransom captures the fragility of middle-class life in this riveting, scathing tale.