The Two Faces of January
Three of them are waiting. Rydal Keener is waiting for something exciting to happen in his grubby little Athens hotel.
At forty-odd, Chester MacFarland has been waiting much longer, expecting his life of stock manipulation and fraud to catch up withMore Three of them are waiting. Rydal Keener is waiting for something exciting to happen in his grubby little Athens hotel.
At forty-odd, Chester MacFarland has been waiting much longer, expecting his life of stock manipulation and fraud to catch up with him. And Colette, Chester's wife, is waiting for something altogether different.
After a nasty little incident in the hotel, they all wait together. As the stakes, and the tension, in their three-cornered waiting game mount, they learn that while passports and silence can be bought, other things can cost as much as your life. Less
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Tfitoby rated it really liked it
about 3 years ago
I feel like reviews of this book are expected to mention a movie and Tom Ripley, so let's get it out of the way, blahblahblahblahblah Viggo Mortenson, blahblahblahblahblah Tom Ripley.
Except, this was published after the second Ripley book and in Rydal Keener it feels like. Read full review
Michael Nutt rated it really liked it
about 3 years ago
Patricia Highsmith was the finest exponent of the psychological thriller. Her most famous works - 'Strangers on a train' and the Tom Ripley cycle of novels - are some of the most enjoyable reads of my life. And now I must add the recently filmed 'The Two Faces of January'. Read full review
Maria Thomarey rated it really liked it
over 1 year ago
Εντυπωσιακή και περίπλοκη ιστορία. Μια κλασική Χαισμιθ
Sketchbook rated it did not like it
almost 3 years ago
3d-rate Highsm makes a terrible movie. In fact, milady is vastly overrated. Hitchcock brought her attention w "Strangers on a Train." He altered huge chunks of the novel, which one must do, and then added ingenious Hitchery "moments." In 1961, French director Rene Clement. Read full review
Camie rated it liked it
almost 2 years ago
Two con men. young Rydal Keener living on the cheap while looking for adventure and Chester MacFarland a racketeer fleeing the U.S. accompanied by his young beautiful wife, cross paths in Athens and become entangled in an ill fated triangle of crime and romance. This Bes. Read full review
Lou Robinson rated it really liked it
about 3 years ago
There's a film of "The Two Faces of January" out this month, starring a favourite of mine, Viggo Mortensen. I'm also getting to the end of the Ripley books that Patricia Highsmith wrote (although I'm trying to ration myself with the last one, as there won't be any more!). Read full review
Bettie☯ rated it liked it
over 3 years ago