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Ces gens qui frappent à la porte
Arthur a dix-sept ans, il entre à l'université, Maggie l'aime autant qu'il l'aime... c'est le bonheur. Un bonheur que la grossesse de Maggie ne suffit pas à troubler, ni l'avortement qu'elle décide sans dramatiser.
Mais parce que le père d'Arthur a rejoint les « Chrétiens régénérés », une secte qui prétend sauver les âmes grâce aux lois féroces qu'elle a édictées, les deux jeunes gens vont voir se lever sur eux le bras d'une justice devenue démente. Démente au point de saccager des vies et de faire d'un enfant un meurtrier...
Mrs. Highsmith est le témoin le plus cruel et le plus intime de cette Amérique automatisée, climatisée, et, sous sa pellicule de culture, absolument sauvage.
« Le Nouvel Observateur. »Son oeuvre la plus forte depuis Le Journal d'Edith. « L'Express. »
FictionMystery & DetectiveThrillers
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERLGF/Le Livre de Poche
LENGTH411
LANGUAGEFR
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel *The Talented Mr. Ripley* has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym **Claire Morgan**, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, *The Price of Salt*, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. **Source**: [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) on Wikipedia
2.0
Ces gens qui frappent à la porte
Arthur a dix-sept ans, il entre à l'université, Maggie l'aime autant qu'il l'aime... c'est le bonheur. Un bonheur que la grossesse de Maggie ne suffit pas à troubler, ni l'avortement qu'elle décide sans dramatiser.
Mais parce que le père d'Arthur a rejoint les « Chrétiens régénérés », une secte qui prétend sauver les âmes grâce aux lois féroces qu'elle a édictées, les deux jeunes gens vont voir se lever sur eux le bras d'une justice devenue démente. Démente au point de saccager des vies et de faire d'un enfant un meurtrier...
Mrs. Highsmith est le témoin le plus cruel et le plus intime de cette Amérique automatisée, climatisée, et, sous sa pellicule de culture, absolument sauvage.
« Le Nouvel Observateur. »Son oeuvre la plus forte depuis Le Journal d'Edith. « L'Express. »
FictionMystery & DetectiveThrillers
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERLGF/Le Livre de Poche
LENGTH411
LANGUAGEFR
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel *The Talented Mr. Ripley* has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym **Claire Morgan**, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, *The Price of Salt*, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. **Source**: [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) on Wikipedia
