Todd Mason recommended: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, if you haven't
seen that one; the other Ripley novels might do? Always have
liked her short stories enormously. ("Always" as in most of
my literate life.)
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thanks for the recommendation. the wife and i will eat dinner
in town, look around at a few shops, and then settle in at
borders bookstore's coffee shop for one of the friday evening
homespun bands. i know they carry several highsmith books.
hopefully
_strangers on a train_ will be one of them.
you mentioned short stories. that is one of my serious
deficiencies as a reader... i just don't seem to like short
stories. i forced myself to read hem- ingway's, maupassant's,
and turgenev's, but it was oftentimes a chore.
since we're on the subject, i bought trevanian's new
collection of short stories (i thought it was a novel when i
bought it) and since i paid for the darned thing, i at least
read the first story. its pretty darned noir, but its not
anywhere on par with his earlier novels (shibumi, eiger
sanction, loo sanction, summer of katya) as far as
entertainment. his last novel, incident at 20 mile, didn't
really match his earlier stuff, either.
thanks again, miker
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