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A Game for the Living is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. It is the sixth of her 22 novels and the only one set in Mexico.
- Patricia Highsmith
- English
- 1958
- Mexico
In A Game for the Living, threads of sexual jealousy and guilt are shot through with all Patricia Highsmith's uncanny talent for the unexpected. Ramón mends furniture. Theodore paints. A devout Catholic, Ramón lives in Mexico City, not far from where he was born into poverty.
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22. Mai 2013 · A game for the living. by. Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. Publication date. 1988. Topics. Detective and mystery stories, Mexico City (Mexico) Fiction. Publisher. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press.
11. Nov. 2014 · An “elegant and psychologically sophisticated” novel about two men with a murdered women between them (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Ramón, a devout Catholic, fixes...
Patricia Highsmith's A Game for the Living is entirely set in Mexico. A woman artist named Lelia, who is loved by two men who share her favors -- Teodoro and Ramon -- is murdered in her apartment, raped, and mutilated. The story is told mostly from the point of view of Teodoro, who himself is a painter. Ramon confesses to the crime, but is ...
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English. 321 pages ; 21 cm. "Ramâon, quick-tempered and devoutly Catholic, fixes furniture in Mexico City, not far from where he was born into poverty. Theodore, a rich German expatriate and painter, lives a calm life in his mansion and believes in nothing at all. You'd think the two had nothing in common.
A Game for the Living The Cry of the Owl This Sweet Sickness The Two Faces of January The Glass Cell A Suspension of Mercy Those Who Walk Away The Tremor of Forgery Ripley Under Ground A Dog’s Ransom Ripley’s Game Edith’s Diary The Boy Who Followed Ripley People Who Knock on the Door Found in the Street Ripley Under Water SHORT STOR IE S ...
