Strangers on a Train (Audiobook)

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'...

from soraxtm

Great book. This audiobook version is really awful due to the narration by Bronson Pinchot. I usually like it when a narrator "acts" the parts but Pinchot almost makes a joke out of the book.

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...

from fhudnell

I've liked other Highsmith books more than I liked this one, but I still thought this book was good, although some parts of it definitely could have been shortened. I listened to the audiobook and that may be why my chief impression of Bruno is that he was a whiny, self-pitying drunk. Maybe the n...