Deep Water, Patricia Highsmith
Deep Water, Patricia Highsmith
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Deep Water

Author: Patricia Highsmith

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 10 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2014


Synopsis

The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this work that reveals the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life.

In Deep Water, set in the small town of Little Wesley, Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Eventually, Vic tries to win her back by asserting himself through a tall tale of murder—one that soon comes true.

About The Author

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pam on January 21, 2021

2.5 O que rolou aqui? Nada acontece no livro. A premissa é tão legal e eu estava tão empolgada, mas de verdade... o livro é tão apático que certamente deveria se chamar "Em águas paradas".......more

Goodreads review by Mark on March 27, 2022

I’ve just been mugged, duped. Like a slow moving train, I knew it was coming but I was stuck there on the tracks, affixed, with a gormless look on my dial, panting and salivating. Very much in a state of excited expectation– thinking I was thinking the right thoughts, but no – this author was weavin......more

Goodreads review by Bel on December 19, 2020

4.5 ⭐️ que livrão bem escrito......more


Quotes

Deep Water may be Highsmith at her darkest and finest. —Sarah Weinman, New York Times

Highsmith is crime fiction's most lethal existentialist…[She] simultaneously makes the subconscious smile and the skin crawl.—Ed Siegel, Boston Globe

So good and utterly addictive.—Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me