Ransom of the Dog

Ed Reynolds, a middle-aged, well-to-do publisher living in Manhattan, said, “Dear sir, I have your dog. I guess your dog is important to you. We'll see!" He receives an anonymous letter saying: Ed and his wife pay the ransom the man demands, but do not inform the police. However, with new ransom demands, the situation changes completely. When a police officer pursuing the criminal commits an unexpected crime, events get out of control and innocent people begin to be dragged into the vortex.

Patricia Highsmith, whom Graham Greene called "the poet of anxiety", this time points the sharp tip of her pen at the most vulnerable point of urban middle-class life. By looking at the spotless world of the post-war period, he captures the violence that is trying to find a way to surface beneath the lives of desolate people who live disconnected from their surroundings. Dog's Ransom is a dark black comedy.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 304

Size: 12.5 x 19.5

First Printing Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Edition