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Title	:	Deep Water
Author	:	Patricia Highsmith
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 271 pages
Published	:	July 17th 2003 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 1957)
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Crime. Suspense. Mystery Thriller. Classics

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In Deep Water, set in the quiet, small town of Little Wesley, Patricia Highsmith has created a vicious and suspenseful tale of love gone sour.

Vic and Melinda Van Allen's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Eventually, Vic can no longer suppress his jealousy and tries to win back his wife by asserting himself through a tall tale of murder—one that soon comes true.

In this complex portrayal of a dangerous psychosis emerging in the most unlikely of places, Highsmith examines the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life.

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Original Title:	Deep Water
ISBN:	0393324559 (ISBN13: 9780393324556)
Edition Language:	English URL http://books.wwnorton.com/books/deep-water/
Characters:	Vic Van Allen, Melinda Van Allen, Trixie Van Allen, Charley De Lisle, Tony Cameron, Ralph Gosden, Don Wilson
Setting:	New England(United States)

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Those who have read The Talented Mr. Ripley , are already acquainted with this master (actually mistress) of psychological suspense. Apparently, in 1950, when her first novel Strangers on a Train, was published, she had previously encountered resistance in America as an outspoken author on controversial themes. Deep Water is one of Highsmiths early works and reveals her uncanny talent to capture the essence of a diabolical, treacherous personality.Vic and Melinda VanAllens marriage is , simply

"...I don't waste my time punching people on the nose. If I really don't like somebody, I kill him."So sayeth Victor (Vic) VanAllen, the main character in Deep Water, although he says it in jest. According to Highsmith, (as related by Andrew Wilson in his biography), Deep Water explores " 'the sniping, griping ambushing,' that can exist between people who are supposed to love one another, locked together 'in a ballet of the wearing of the nerves.' " Frankly, that phrase describes this book

The winters going to be even more boring without a break somewhere, he said.Oh, I dont think its going to be boring, she said. He smiled. Is that a threat?Take it the way you like.Are you going to put arsenic in my food?I dont think arsenic could kill you. A famous nobody once said that a good book is opening to a random page and being immediately interested, wanting to keep on reading from the random page. The above conversation fits into this saying nicely. Its an awesome conversation. Whats

I need to make a confession before I start my review. I went to Patricia Highsmith's page on Amazon, and I saw so many of her books (she's quite prolific) for less than 5 dollars, that I went nutzo, one clicking away without consequence at what my husband would say when we got the credit card bill ("what's all this? 19 eBooks in one go!"). So expect a lot of reviews of books by this author. Now, on with the review.Reading this book made me neglect my chores - it obsessed me. The story of an

With 'Deep Water', Highsmith has given us a tightly constructed tale of a doomed marriage. And, of course, she has served it up in the way that possibly only Highsmith can. It's one thing for a marriage to turn sour at the point where the husband and wife have given up on mutual illusions and have each started seeing the real person they actually married. That's all too common an occurrence when the two people make a commitment without sufficient knowledge of each other. Many such couples -

I picked this book up because it fit a challenge I was participating in. I wasn't expecting to like it too much but it was better than I predicted. I liked how you couldn't help but sympathize with Vic because his wife was a nightmare but at the same time you can see why she is a nightmare if he is able to do the things he does in this book and still be "normal." Decent read but a bit predictable.

Very fascinating character study, filled with suspense. A bit predictable, but very well written.