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    Those Who Walk Away
    Those Who Walk Away
    Those Who Walk Away
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    Those Who Walk Away

    By Patricia Highsmith

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    “Patricia Highsmith’s novels are peerlessly disturbing . . . bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night.” —The New Yorker
     
    Ray Garrett, a wealthy young American living in Europe, is grieving over the death of his wife. Ray is at a loss for why she would take her own life, but Peggy’s father Ed Coleman, has no such uncertainty—he blames Ray completely.
     
    Late one night in Rome, Coleman shoots Ray at point-blank range. He thinks he’s had his revenge, but Ray survives, and follows Coleman and his wealthy girlfriend to Venice.
     
    In Venice, it happens again: Coleman attacks his loathed son-in-law, dumping him into the cold waters of the laguna. Ray survives with the help of a boatman—and this time he goes into hiding, living in a privately rented room under a fake name. So begins an eerie game of cat and mouse. Coleman wants vengeance, Ray wants a clear conscience, and the police want to solve the mystery of what happened to the missing American.
     
    As Ray and Coleman stalk each other through the narrow streets and canals, the hotels and bars of the beguiling city, Those Who Walk Away becomes a literary thriller that simmers with violence and unease from the acclaimed author of such classics as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
     
    “An atmosphere of nameless dread, of unspeakable foreboding, permeates every page of Patricia Highsmith.” —The Boston Globe
     
    “For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there’s no one like Patricia Highsmith.” —Time
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 11, 2017
    ISBN9780802189110
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    Patricia Highsmith

    Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) es una de las escritoras más originales y perturbadoras de la narrativa contemporánea. En Anagrama se han publicado las novelas Extraños en un tren, El cuchillo, Carol, El talento de Mr. Ripley (Premio Edgar Allan Poe y Gran Premio de la Literatura Policíaca), Mar de fondo, Un juego para los vivos, Ese dulce mal, El grito de la lechuza, Las dos caras de enero, La celda de cristal, Crímenes imaginarios, El temblor de la falsificación, El juego del escondite, Rescate por un perro, El amigo americano, El diario de Edith, Tras los pasos de Ripley, Gente que llama a la puerta, El hechizo de Elsie, Ripley en peligro y Small G: un idilio de verano, los libros de relatos Pequeños cuentos misóginos, Crímenes bestiales, Sirenas en el campo de golf, Catástrofes, Los cadáveres exquisitos, Pájaros a punto de volar, Una afición peligrosa y Relatos (que incluye los primeros cinco libros de cuentos de la autora, tres de los cuales –Once, A merced del viento y La casa negra– no habían aparecido hasta ahora en la editorial) y el libro de ensayos Suspense. Fotografía de la autora © Ruth Bernhard - Trustees of Princeton University

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    • 4/5
      Another classic in the same vein as Highsmith's Ripley series. The setting is Venice during the winter. It's dreary. Ray, whose wife committed suicide some weeks before, has followed his father-in-law, Ed Coleman, from Rome where Ed tried to shoot him. Ed thinks his son-in-law didn't do enough to prevent the suicide. There follows a bizarre pas-de-deux between the two as each circles the other, Ed, distraught over the death of his daughter, and Ray trying to make amends. Ed makes other attempts on Ray's life. Ray survives each attempt and follows Ed Coleman, in an attempt to seek forgiveness, only to be dragged back to reality.

      The book has the same dream-like (nightmarish?) quality made famous by Highsmith's Ripley series. Ray and Ed both live in a world of opaque amorality. The settings (mostly Venice) are well-described and we see into the minds of both men as Highsmith switches back and forth between the two perspectives. Not your usual thriller.

      Having read the Ripley series I kept "assuming" that Ray had had a hand in his wife's suicide. No one is innocent in her novels, nor does the the question of what is "right" ever come up. Self-interest is paramount. All actions are judged from that perspective.
    • 5/5
      An intelligent and haunting murder (or is it murder?) set in Venice. It made me want to learn Italian (which I since have taken classes in).
    • 4/5
      This was one of my favorite of the Highsmith novels I've read. The back-and-forth between the main character, a bereaved husband, and his father-and-law, was absolutely priceless. As was the strange detachment and blind eye that their mutual friends turned towards the obvious conflict between the two. It was refreshing that the main character was always in the right (Highsmith has a way with turning the main characters into villains that you can sympathize with), but it was also interesting to see him possibly turned into a criminal by the end of the book.I also loved the Venetian setting. Perfect for sneaking around in, drowning people, springing out of back allies, et cetera.I was a little disappointed by the conclusion. As much as I was really rooting for the main character to stay on the side of the law, the father-in-law really did have it coming by the end of the book. I was also disappointed the main character didn't try harder to... press charges, or call attention to the father-in-law's repeated attempts at murder. But overall I loved this book. I think only The Talented Mr. Ripley really topped it in my mind among all the Highsmith novels I've read.
    • 1/5
      Never went anywhere...a bore!!! The only thing interesting was that it took place in Venice...

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