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Patricia Highsmith – "Тhe talented mr.Ripley"

Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors, and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start again. But how does Ripley act when his new happiness is threatened?
A gripping tale of murderous ambition recently filmed starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett.

Ch. Willeford - "Pick-up"

Harry, once a talented artist, now an habitual barfly trying to hold down a job as a San Francisco coffee-shop counterman, is in the midst of his downward spiral into depression, self-destruction and self-deception, while Helen, having just run away from her marriage and from her domineering mother, is just starting hers. It doesn’t help that, as they begin their affair, Henry sees himself as “worse than nothing, a dark, faceless shadow, alone in the darkness,” and that, compounding the problem, Helen “always took my moods as

David Goodis – "Down There"

Eddie plays to forget. Haunted by his past, he hides from life playing nightly in a skid row drinking joint - a world of hookers, lowlifes and petty crooks. A hopeless ghost of a man who has ceased caring about himself, he saves his loyalty for others which eventually drags him down.

Chesler Нimes – "Тhe real cool killer"

Many people had reasons for killing Galen, a big Greek with too much money and too great a liking for young black girls. But there are complications--like a drug addict, a disappearing suspect, and the fact that Coffin Ed's daughter is up to her neck in the whole explosive business.