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I read this after seeing the little blurb on it during the Guardian's 1000 Books You Should Read series, and being intrigued by the idea - two men meet on a train, and agree to complete each other's murders.
Of course, it's not really like that at all - it is Bruno who becomes obsessed with the idea. The other main on the train, Guy, doesn't believe he's agreed to such a scheme until Bruno makes it all more and more inevitable.
Watching Guy slowly succumb to Bruno's plan and commence falling apart ...more
Of course, it's not really like that at all - it is Bruno who becomes obsessed with the idea. The other main on the train, Guy, doesn't believe he's agreed to such a scheme until Bruno makes it all more and more inevitable.
Watching Guy slowly succumb to Bruno's plan and commence falling apart ...more
Having seen the Hitchcock movie based on this book years ago, I remembered the bare bones outline of the plot: two strangers meet on a train and each commits a murder on behalf of the other. The book fills in a lot of psychological exploration of the characters, which is very interesting. I did feel it could have been shorter - the balance was a little off in that the murders are committed relatively early on in the book, and there is some good suspense following the murders as you wonder whethe
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A lot more Crime & Punishmenty than I expected.
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