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'Extraordinary... one of her finest novels' Guardian

"If everybody in the world didn't keep watching to see what everybody else did, we'd all go berserk."

Jenny believes that sighting an owl is a portent of death. When she spots a stranger looking in through her window one night, she believes that he is an omen too. But fate doesn't work in the way that either of them expect.

This novel of suspense and paranoia draws on Highsmith's own experience of being a stalker.



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Patricia Highsmith has an extraordinary talent for the sinister, and this is well revealed in The Cry of the Owl, one of her finest novels -- Robert Nye * Guardian *
Patricia Highsmith is a craftsman who has made the suspense novel her own domain * The Times *
The basic nightmare situation - to be accused of a crime you did not commit and be unable to prove your innocence- is the subject of The Cry of the Owl... It's Kafka with a vengeance... compulsive * Spectator *
A rare talent, a remarkable novelist... her books are written in elegant and lucid prose -- John Mortimer

The Cry of the Owl

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 15 April 2021
      ISBN-13 9781784876807
      978-1784876807
      ISBN-10 1784876801
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      Classics Crime & Thrillers Books by Patricia Highsmith

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'Extraordinary... one of her finest novels' Guardian

      "If everybody in the world didn't keep watching to see what everybody else did, we'd all go berserk."

      Jenny believes that sighting an owl is a portent of death. When she spots a stranger looking in through her window one night, she believes that he is an omen too. But fate doesn't work in the way that either of them expect.

      This novel of suspense and paranoia draws on Highsmith's own experience of being a stalker.



      Trade Review
      Patricia Highsmith has an extraordinary talent for the sinister, and this is well revealed in The Cry of the Owl, one of her finest novels -- Robert Nye * Guardian *
      Patricia Highsmith is a craftsman who has made the suspense novel her own domain * The Times *
      The basic nightmare situation - to be accused of a crime you did not commit and be unable to prove your innocence- is the subject of The Cry of the Owl... It's Kafka with a vengeance... compulsive * Spectator *
      A rare talent, a remarkable novelist... her books are written in elegant and lucid prose -- John Mortimer

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