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From crimereads.com: "American writer Howard Ingham arrives in a sweltering Tunisia in search of inspiration for a new movie script he has been commissioned to write. He falls in with an ex-pat cast of characters worthy of a Paul Bowles novel (though of course he largely favoured Morocco over Tunisia) – a right wing American propagandist, a gay Danish painter and the staff of his hotel.
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Grave, classical in form, bleak and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Patricia Highsmith, Francine Prose
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Penguin, Grove Press
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- Russian, German, English
- ISBN
- 9780349004723
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Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film r
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