The Two Faces of January
Three of them are waiting. Rydal Keener is waiting for something exciting to happen in his grubby little Athens hotel. At forty-odd, Chester MacFarland has been waiting much longer, expecting his life of stock manipulation and fraud to catch up with him. And Colette, Chester’s wife, is waiting...
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Three of them are waiting. Rydal Keener is waiting for something exciting to happen in his grubby little Athens hotel. At forty-odd, Chester MacFarland has been waiting much longer, expecting his life of stock manipulation and fraud to catch up with him. And Colette, Chester’s wife, is waiting for something altogether different.After a nasty little incident in the hotel, they all wait together. As the stakes—and the tension—in theirthree-cornered waiting game mount, they learn that while passports and silence can be bought, other things can cost as much as your life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780871132093 (0871132095)
Publish date: January 21st 1994
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Dies ist mein erstes Patricia Highsmith Buch und ich bin doch überrascht, welch tiefe Einblicke sie dem Leser in die Psyche ihrer Hauptfiguren gewährt. Durch einen unglückseligen Unfall werden die Schicksale von Chester und Colette MacFarland und Rydal Keener miteinander verbunden. Auf der Flucht vo...
bookshelves: published-1964, mystery-thriller, one-penny-wonder, paper-read, winter-20122013, tbr-busting-2013, under-500-ratings, greece Read from January 21 to 23, 2013 My paperback is unavailable here:9 780099 448402Arrow Books Ltd, London1986Opening: At half past three of a morning in early J...
My paperback is unavailable here:9 780099 448402Arrow Books Ltd, London1986Opening: At half past three of a morning in early January, Chester MacFarland was awakened in his berth on the San Gimignano by an alarming sound of scraping.#26 TBR Busting 2013Ripley 1,2,3,4,5Cry of the OwlStrangers on a Tr...
I went looking for this one because Viggo Mortensen's name is attached to a possible movie adaptation. Rather to my surprise, I discover this is the first Highsmith I have read, though I'm certainly familiar with the names of her more celebrated works, "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr. Ri...
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