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Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together by an arrangement which allows Melinda 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.

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"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

Deep Water

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A Paperback / softback by Patricia Highsmith

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    Publisher: WW Norton & Co
    Publication Date: 08/08/2003
    ISBN13: 9780393324556, 978-0393324556
    ISBN10: 0393324559
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together by an arrangement which allows Melinda 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.

    Trade Review
    "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

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