The Two Faces of January

The Two Faces of January

Author(s)	Patricia Highsmith
Cover artist	Polly Cameron
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Psychological thriller
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1964
ISBN	0871132095
OCLC Number	16923778
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Classification	PS3558.I366 T8 1988

The Two Faces of January (1964) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith.

Synopsis

The book revolves around American characters, but is set in Athens, Crete, and Paris. It involves a con artist, Chester MacFarland, who accidentally kills a Greek policeman who is investigating him. MacFarland's wife, Collette, and an American student, Rydal Keener, become involved in covering up the death and fleeing the country.

Reviews

The publishers quote the following positive reviews:

Shifts of ground stand metaphor for shifts in relationship; psychology is beautifully interleaved with a gritty genius loci. - Library Journal

An offbeat, provocative and absorbing suspense novel. - Anthony Boucher, New York Times

External references

The Two Faces of January at Amazon.com

The novels of Patricia Highsmith

Strangers on a Train (1950) • The Price of Salt (as Claire Morgan) (1952) • The Blunderer (1954) • The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) • Deep Water (1957) • A Game for the Living (1958) • This Sweet Sickness (1960) • The Cry of the Owl (1962) • The Two Faces of January (1964) The Glass Cell (1964) • A Suspension of Mercy (1965) • Those Who Walk Away (1967) • The Tremor of Forgery (1969) • Ripley Under Ground (1970) • A Dog's Ransom (1972) • Ripley's Game (1974) • Edith's Diary (1977) • The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980) • People Who Knock on the Door (1983) • Found in the Street (1987) • Ripley Under Water (1991) • Small g: a Summer Idyll (1995)