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Howard Ingham, a writer commissioned to write a new movie script, lands in hot Tunisia seeking inspiration. While staying at a hotel, he encounters a vibrant ex‑patriote community—including a right‑wing American propagandist and a gay Danish painter—before a night’s break‑in leads to a violent confrontation in which Ingham throws his typewriter at an intruder, possibly killing him. The intruder’s accomplices later drag the body away, setting off a chilling chain of events. The novel blends suspense and murder with the peculiar atmosphere of an ex‑patriote narrative, exploring the dynamic between expatriates and locals in an unfamiliar setting.
First publish date: 1969
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Patricia Highsmith
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