{"product_id":"the-blunderer-9780393322446","title":"The Blunderer","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor two years, Walter Stackhouse has been a faithful and supportive husband to his wife, Clara. She is distant and neurotic, and Walter finds himself harboring gruesome fantasies about her demise. When Clara's dead body turns up at the bottom of a cliff in a manner uncannily resembling the recent death of a woman named Helen Kimmel who was murdered by her husband, Walter finds himself under intense scrutiny. He commits several blunders that claim his career and his reputation, cost him his friends, and eventually threaten his life. \u003cem\u003eThe Blunderer\u003c\/em\u003e examines the dark obsessions that lie beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary people. With unerring psychological insight, Patricia Highsmith portrays characters who cross the precarious line separating fantasy from reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHighsmith, Patricia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePatricia Highsmith\u003c\/strong\u003e (1921-1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Price of Salt\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as numerous short stories.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50720746340626,"sku":"9780393322446","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51556045-38ba-42aa-b80b-f27e501dc475.jpg?v=1734675403","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blunderer-9780393322446","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}