The Two Faces of January (Paperback)

from ehines

Well-written and well-paced, but unlike a lot of other Highsmith characters who do strange things, I couldn't really grasp the motivations of the main characters here--they seem to make decisions based on the author's need for suspense rather than any motive internal to those characters.

from BookConcierge

From the book jacket. Athens, 1962. Rydal Keener is an American expat working as a tour guide and running cons on the side. He is mostly killing time, searching for adventure. But in Cheter MacFarland, a charismatic American businessman, and his flirtatious and beautiful young wife, Colette, Ryda...

from ehines

Well-written and well-paced, but unlike a lot of other Highsmith characters who do strange things, I couldn't really grasp the motivations of the main characters here--they seem to make decisions based on the author's need for suspense rather than any motive internal to those characters.

from Tanya-dogearedcopy

Last night, Rydal Keener is an American living the life of a flaneur in Greece when he spots a man sho strongly resembles his father. And so begins the fatefulcat-and-mouse course of events for Rydal and an American couple on the lam in Athens. The narrative unfolds with with plot twists and the ...

from KatherineGregg

Another good psychological thriller by Patricia Highsmith. American con-man, Chester MacFarland, is in Athens with his young wife Colette. A private detective tracks down MacFarland and confronts him about his business scams in the US. MacFarland shoves the detective who falls, hits his head, and...