The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder
Grisly and atmospheric...[these] stories feature small worlds of animal amorality in which the sweet taste of revenge leaves no aftertaste of guilt. —Publishers WeeklyNowhere is Patricia Highsmith's affinity for animals more apparent than in The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder, for here she transfers the murderous thoughts and rages most associated with humans onto the animals themselves. You will meet, for example, in In the Dead of Truffle Season, a truffle-hunting pig who tries to whet his own appetite for a while; or Jumbo in Chorus Girl's Absolutely Final Performance, a lonely, old circus elephant who decides she's had enough of sh…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-34556-8
- EAN: 9780393345568
- Produktnummer: 34246884
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 843 KB
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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.
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