Deep Waters
For the first time in Russian, a classic novel by "the most murderous existentialist in detective prose" (Boston Globe), author of Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" and a series of books about Tom Ripley that have been repeatedly transferred to the movie screen. Victor van Allen is thirty-six years old. He lives in the town of Little Wesley, Massachusetts, and his wife Melinda is cheating on him. Vic tolerates her cheating for a while, but one day he decides to fight - and, for a romantic mystery, makes up a story about a murder. And from an imaginary murder to the real murder in Highsmith - one step ... The novel has a French film version (1981) - directed by Michel Deville, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Isabelle Huppert - and in 2022 in the world box office released a new adaptation: "9½ Weeks," "Fatal Attraction," "Jacob's Ladder," "Indecent Proposal," "Lolita," "Unfaithful"), directed by Adrian Lyne ("9½ Weeks," "Fatal Attraction," "Jacob's Ladder," "Lolita," "Unfaithful") and starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. "Whether you like detectives or not, Deep Waters is a must-read" (Sunday Times).
And if you like detectives or not, Deep Waters is a must-read" (Sunday Times).
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The stars of the world detective