Deep Water (Highsmith novel)

Deep Water
First edition cover
Author	Patricia Highsmith
Cover artist	Polly Cameron
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Suspense, Thriller
Publisher	Harper & Brothers
Publication date	1957
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	272
ISBN	978-0-393-32455-6
Preceded by	The Talented Mr. Ripley
Followed by	A Game for the Living

Deep Water is a suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, first published in 1957 by Harper & Brothers. It is Highsmith's fifth published novel, the working title was The Dog in the Manger. ^[1] It was brought back into print in the US in 2003 by W. W. Norton & Company.^[2]

Synopsis

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.

Film adaptation

Director Adrian Lyne is scheduled to direct a film adaptation of Deep Water with Fox 2000 Pictures and a script by Zach Helm.^[3]

References

↑ Schenkar, Joan (2009). The Talented Miss Highsmith, p. 574. St. Martin's Press, New York. ISBN 0312303750.
↑ http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Deep-Water/
↑ http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/abstinent-a-decade-adrian-lyne-beds-down-with-fox-2000-on-adaptation-of-patricia-highsmiths-sexy-thriller-deep-water/

External links

Deep Water (book details) on ChooseYourHighsmith.com
Gillian Flynn on Deep Water - Wall Street Journal book club selects Deep Water, April 24, 2014
Book of a Lifetime: Deep Water - Appreciation of the novel by Craig Brown, The Independent, Nov. 4, 2011.
Deep Water, the Hunt for the 1958 Heinemann First Edition - Existential Ennui, Sept. 26, 2013

Works by Patricia Highsmith

Books	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)

Adaptations	Strangers on a Train (1951) Purple Noon (1960) Enough Rope (1963) The American Friend (1977) This Sweet Sickness (1977) The Cry of the Owl (1987) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Ripley's Game (2002) Ripley Under Ground (2005) The Cry of the Owl (2009) The Two Faces of January (2014) Carol (2015)