Compactos: Extraños En Un Tren (Edition 8) (Paperback)

from bridgetmarkwood

A really good book. Enjoyed the whole Alfred Hitchcock-y feel (have not seen the movie though). It is quite a journey into the psyche of two men. Their thoughts to their words to their actions. Psych and Comm students will enjoy seeing theories and models come to life. Certainly makes me want to ...

from Olivermagnus

The premise of this classic 1950 noir mystery is that two strangers meet on a train. Both are dissatisfied with someone in their lives. Guy Haines desperately wants to divorce his unfaithful wife and Charles Bruno wants to be rid of his controlling father. Bruno suggests that the should kill Guy'...

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This mid-20th century American crime novel was the basis for Hitchcock's famous film of the same name. The basic plot of the reciprocal murders of an unfaithful wife and a hated, overbearing father remains the same, though many of the details are different. Overall, I prefer the film, though that...

from baswood

The book was published in 1950, but it wears its years lightly. The plot is familiar to modern day readers, not only because of film versions but there have been many variations on the theme. Two strangers meet on a train. Bruno is a sociopath, hopelessly in love with his mother and willing to mu...

from arielfl

I picked this up because it was referenced as the inspiration for another book I recently enjoyed, The Kind Worth Killing. In this novel Bruno and Guy meet by chance on a train. After a brief conversation they realize that they both have people that they hate in their lives and if they each kille...