Patricia Highsmith - Idegenek a vonaton

American writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) is one of the most exciting creators of modern crime fiction and psychological thrillers. Influenced by existentialist literature, Highsmith's works always push the boundaries of personality and morality. Graham Greene called him a "poet of restlessness". His books have been successfully made into films several times, animated versions have been made, among others, of his novels The Talented Mr. Ripley, Mélyvíz, and the scandalous Carol, published under a pseudonym in 1952. His first volume, Strangers on the Train, published in 1950, is about the meeting of two young men, Guy Haines and Charles Bruno, who engage in conversation during a long train journey. Haines is a young, up-and-coming, successful architect in the middle of a divorce, and Bruno is a rich, spoiled golden boy who suffers from his father and can manipulate anyone. During their conversation, Bruno unexpectedly comes up with his disturbing and mysterious idea, a plan for the perfect, motiveless murder: he will kill Guy's wife if he kills his father in return. And while Bruno begins to implement his twisted plan despite the rejection, Guy finds himself more and more trapped by the man and has to make a decision sooner or later. Unusually, Highsmith's compelling novel does not follow an investigation, but leads its readers into the psychological depths of crime and guilt, madness and alcoholism. It shows the strange and strange dependence of two men on each other as they hurtle towards their doom. From the volume, Alfred Hitchcock made his film adaptation, which also became a classic, in 1951, and then the first volume, Highsmith, could finally embark on the path of world fame and a fruitful career.