Those Who Walk Away
 First edition | |
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Set in | Italy |
| Published | Doubleday & Co. |
Publication date | 1967 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 229 |
| OCLC | 969333 |
| LC Class | PS3558.I366 |
Those Who Walk Away (1967) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. It was the twelfth of her 22 novels.
Synopsis
When Ray Garrett's new wife kills herself on their honeymoon, he persuades the initially suspicious Rome police that he's innocent of any wrongdoing over the death. However, his father-in-law, the brutish Ed Coleman, is convinced Ray led to her death and shoots Ray, leaving him for dead. He survives and, desperate to prove himself, follows Coleman to Venice, the husband and father bound together by love and guilt, with Coleman still seeking justice and Garrett a clear conscience.
Reviews
It has been called Highsmith's "masterpiece".[1]
References
- ^ Žižek, Slavoj (August 21, 2003). "Not a desire to have him, but to be like him". London Review of Books. Retrieved December 11, 2015.