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The Two Faces of January
The Two Faces of January | Patricia Highsmith
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[A] classic psychological thriller.USA Today Originally published in 1964, and the winner of the CWA Best Foreign Novel Award, Patricia Highsmiths The Two Faces of January is a chilling tale of suspense, suffused with her trademark slow, creeping unease. In a grubby Athens hotel, Rydal Keener is bored and killing time with petty scams. But when he runs into another American, Chester MacFarland, dragging a mans body down the hotel hall, Rydan impulsively agrees to help, perhaps because Chester looks like his father. Then Rydal meets Collete, Chesters younger wife, and captivated, becomes entangled in their sordid lives, as the drama marches to a shocking climax at the ruins of the labyrinth at Knossos. A film version of The Two Faces of January, starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac (Drive, Inside Llewelyn Davis) is in production. Adapted by Academy Award nominee Hossein Amini (Drive), and produced by Working Title and Timnick Films (The Talented Mr. Ripley), it will be released later this fall. An offbeat, provocative and absorbing suspense novel.The New York Times Patricia Highsmith is one of the few suspense writers whose work transcends genre.The Austin American-Statesman
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GatheringBooks
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#TemptingTitles Day 21: #WithAMonth - another Big Bad Wolf book haul. 💕

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤩 12mo
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The Two Faces of January | Patricia Highsmith
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11-14-21: My 114th finished book of 2021! Chester and Colette, Chester‘s wife, are Americans traveling in Athens. When a stranger, Rydal Keener, spots Chester and is reminded of his father, he decides to follow him to see who he is. What follows is a bizarre series of events and much traveling that only one will survive. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏼📖#️⃣1️⃣1️⃣4️⃣

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gradcat
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#Booked2019 #Summer #BookToMovie

*If you‘ve ever read Highsmith, in particular the “Ripliad,” you probably know what kind of book you‘re getting into—not always—but certainly her best known books are of a Hitchcockian persuasion. And that‘s a pretty on-the-money adjective, considering he made her famous by making a movie out of more than one of her short stories. This book has all of her usual trademarks: a con artist on the run, a young, ⬇️

gradcat ⬆️ (Cont.) preferably beautiful, women traveling opposite or with the aforementioned con artist, and the requisite naïf, who wouldn‘t hurt a fly. Well, she or he wouldn‘t if they hadn‘t kept company with that con artist. This one actually has a sort of happy (-ish) ending, that is if you want justice to obtain. If you saw the movie, know this—the book is not only better, but the main characters are written more sharply. ♥️ (edited) 5y
Cinfhen Wonderful review 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻good job on your summer prompts 5y
gradcat @Cinfhen Thank you, but I still have one more to finish! And I‘m sick, so everything‘s has slowed down to a snail‘s pace!! But I‘m almost finished with the last one...I‘m just so tardy when it comes to reviews—I wait forever! 😬 5y
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Cinfhen Sorry you aren‘t feeling well xx you still have a few more days until sept 30 5y
gradcat Yes, I do! Yay! 😁 5y
alisiakae Great review, and I hope you feel better soon! 5y
julesG Feel better soon! 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Sounds like a fun read, all things considered. And I spy my crush Viggo ... yum. Hope you‘re on the mend soon! 5y
gradcat @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage @julesG Thanks guys! I‘m trying to get back in the swing of it today...just finished reading the last prompt (genrebuster) for Summer...will post review later. ♥️ 5y
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Blueberry
The Two Faces of January | Patricia Highsmith
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Reading this for #moviebookclub. I'm not sure if I like it yet or not. It feels a little noir.

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Tonton
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Highsmith does noir so stylishly in her Ripley novels; this one is as bleak and depressing as they come. High stakes, tension and unremitting psychological pressure as Rydal,Chester, and his wife Collette are caught up in murder in Athens and Marseille.

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kirstyreads
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I love Highsmith's plots and rounded, visceral characters but her spare and scarce style means it takes me an amazingly long time to get through her fairly slim novels. I was so happy when Virago released this edition as I so wanted to read the book but I'm a little averse to movie tie-in editions

#american #greece #crime #highsmith #thriller

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RealLifeReading
The Two Faces of January | Patricia Highsmith
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Another month is passing us by and soon it will be a brand new year! What will 2017 bring us? Lots of new releases to look forward to! More books to stack! The start of reading challenges? All this and more I hope. If you're up for a new month of book photo posts, here is the list for #readjanuary - tag me so I can see what you're up to! Happy 2017!

saresmoore Yay! Thank you for setting it up! 7y
RanaElizabeth Yayayayay! 🎉 7y
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Suzze Oh, yay! Thanks, as always! 7y
OrangeMooseReads Awesome! Thank you!! 7y
minkyb I am taking a screenshot of this so I can participate! People take such amazing photos! 7y
Annl Thank you! 7y
rubyslippersreads So happy you're doing this again! 😸 7y
SuperPunkNinja Yay! I love doing these. ❤❤❤ 7y
[DELETED] 206653737 Yay!!! Was anxiously awaiting the new line up!! 😜🤓📚 7y
kim.guernsey Thank you for organizing another month of photo challenges! Looking forward to it. 7y
MyNamesParadise One of these days I may do some back posts for December 🙈🙈 7y
LeahBergen Squee!!! I was hoping you would be posting soon! 😘 7y
LeahBergen 💥 screenshot 💥 7y
CoffeeAndABook I'm ready to start!!! Thanks for doing this 🙌🤓🍾💫 (edited) 7y
LindsayReads My favorite part of the Litsy month! Thank you as always! 7y
Megabooks Woo hoo!! 🎉🎉🎉 7y
LibrarianRyan I'm gonna try this month. 7y
[DELETED] 3323341091 yea! thanks for making up these challenges 😊 7y
Cinfhen Nice, a new challenge 🤓thanks for organizing 🙌🏻 7y
shanebeth looks awesome! can't wait to participate and enjoy other's posts! 7y
danimgill January will be my first full month on Litsy, can't wait to try this out! Thanks for setting these up ☺️ 7y
LazyOwl Thanks for coming up with all these challenges. Just one question, what is DNF? 7y
LisaJo ❤❤❤ 7y
I-read-and-eat Hopefully I won't miss as much of january as I did of the december challenge (december is just too busy 😦) I love the new prompts! 😊💖 7y
LisaJo @LazyOwlBookBlog it stands for Did Not Finish. Because, alas, no matter how much we love to read, there's always that one that we just will not finish. Why spend time with the book you hate when there's so many more out there that you could be reading. 7y
LazyOwl Haha of course! 😶 Thank @LisaJo for the translation 7y
RealLifeReading @LisaJo great answer 👍👍 7y
Adventures-of-a-French-Reader Thanks for all your efforts ;) I love it! 7y
RealLifeReading @minkyb definitely the best way to keep track! @Annl @rubyslippersreads @bookish22 @AReaderWhoMoms @LeahBergen 🎉🎉being on vacation makes the days go by so fast... 7y
RealLifeReading @MyNamesParadise that would be awesome! @I-read-and-eat December is definitely a busy month! @LazyOwlBookBlog @shanebeth 🙌🙌 7y
RealLifeReading @danimgill first full month on Litsy! Woohoo! 🙌🙌 7y
RealLifeReading @Cinfhen I will definitely be asking for suggestions for next month's though!! 7y
PurpleyPumpkin Wow, look at you! So organized and I, for one, am grateful. Thanks so much for continuing this tradition. You rock!🙌🏽😊 7y
BethFishReads Thanks! 7y
Crinoline_Laphroaig Ready for a New Year! 7y
TheCanuckReader Ok im doing it every day this time!!! 7y
RealLifeReading @PurpleyPumpkin 🤗 you're very welcome! ❤️❤️ 7y
RealLifeReading @TheCanuckReader looking forward to it!! 7y
respekt1111 Awesome! Love this! 7y
DeborahSmall Love you for this😘 you give my day structure! 7y
Morgan7r I love these! ❤️📚 7y
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