The cry of the owl
by Patricia Highsmith
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This "extraordinary story" (Julian Symons) begins with an act of naive voyeurism. Robert Forester, a depressed buy fundamentally decent man, liked to watch Jenny through her kitchen window -- a harmless palliative, as he saw it, to his lonely life and failed marriage. As he is drawn into her life, however, the recriminations of his simple pleasure shatter the deceptive calm of this small Pennsylvania town. With striking clarity and horrible inevitability, Forester is caught up in a series of deaths in which he is the innocent bystander, presumed guilty.
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Fiction, Voyeurism, Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Pennsylvania, fiction, Forester, robert (fictitious character), fiction, Divorced men, Stalking, Parents et enfants, Romans, nouvelles, American Novelists, American Detective and mystery stories, Voyeurisme, Romanciers américains, Powieść kryminalna amerykańska, Tłumaczenia polskiePlaces
Pennsylvania, Tunisia, Tunisie, PennsylvanieTimes
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The cry of the owl
1989, Atlantic Monthly Press, Distributed by Little, Brown
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0871132907 9780871132901
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Le cri du hibou.
1980, [Librairie Générale Française], Calmann- Lévy
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"In a small Pennsylvania town, Robert Forrester is recuperating from a nasty divorce and a bout of psychological trouble. One evening, while driving home, he sees a pretty young woman framed by her bright kitchen window, a picture of happy domesticity that brings him peace. Soon, Robert can't keep himself away. But when he is inevitably discovered, obsession is turned on its head, and Robert finds himself unable to shake the young woman, nor entirely sure whether he should"--P. [4] of cover.
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