{"product_id":"those-who-walk-away","title":"Those Who Walk Away","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Patricia Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing . . . bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay Garrett, a wealthy young American living in Europe, is grieving over the death of his wife. Ray is at a loss for why she would take her own life, but Peggy's father Ed Coleman, has no such uncertainty--he blames Ray completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate one night in Rome, Coleman shoots Ray at point-blank range. He thinks he's had his revenge, but Ray survives, and follows Coleman and his wealthy girlfriend to Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Venice, it happens again: Coleman attacks his loathed son-in-law, dumping him into the cold waters of the \u003ci\u003elaguna\u003c\/i\u003e. Ray survives with the help of a boatman--and this time he goes into hiding, living in a privately rented room under a fake name. So begins an eerie game of cat and mouse. Coleman wants vengeance, Ray wants a clear conscience, and the police want to solve the mystery of what happened to the missing American.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Ray and Coleman stalk each other through the narrow streets and canals, the hotels and bars of the beguiling city, \u003ci\u003eThose Who Walk Away\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a literary thriller that simmers with violence and unease from the acclaimed author of such classics as \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An atmosphere of nameless dread, of unspeakable foreboding, permeates every page of Patricia Highsmith.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942302712039,"sku":"9780802126924","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_972375b3-6f91-47b3-bd3a-0e0b342be0fe.jpg?v=1775249956","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/those-who-walk-away","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}