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The Cry of the Owl: The classic thriller from the author of The Talented Mr Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
Virago Modern Classics, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Classic crime, Thriller / suspense
Patricia Highsmith's entire backlist, including The Cry of the Owl, one of her finest novels, is to be published in ebook on the Virago Modern Classics list.
Robert Forester, depressed after a painful divorce, begins to spy on Jenny, his pretty young neighbour. Watching her, bright and seemingly carefree, alleviates his loneliness and helps him escape the discontent of his life. Caught in the act, he is surprised when Jenny invites him in, but all is not what it seems. With striking clarity and horrible inevitability, Forester becomes caught up in a series of deaths in which he, although the innocent bystander, is presumed guilty.
'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times
Patricia Highsmith
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.
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