Deep Water

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Deep Water is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith that explores the dark undercurrents of a seemingly ordinary marriage and the murderous impulses lurking beneath.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
psychological thriller novel
adaptedAs Deep Water (1981 film) NERFINISHED
Deep Water (2022 film) NERFINISHED
author Patricia Highsmith NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores dark undercurrents of a seemingly ordinary marriage
murderous impulses beneath domestic life
followedByInAuthorOeuvre This Sweet Sickness NERFINISHED
followsInAuthorOeuvre The Talented Mr. Ripley NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
psychological thriller
hasFilmAdaptation Deep Water (1981 film) NERFINISHED
Deep Water (2022 film) NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement 20th-century American crime fiction
mainCharacter Melinda Van Allen NERFINISHED
Vic Van Allen NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor portrayal of a sociopathic husband
partOf Patricia Highsmith bibliography NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1957
publisher Harper & Brothers NERFINISHED
setting Little Wesley, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
theme jealousy
marital discord
moral ambiguity
murder
repression
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century

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Patricia Highsmith notableWork Deep Water
Harry Escott notableWork Deep Water
Adrian Lyne notableWork Deep Water
this entity surface form: Deep Water (2022 film)
Adrian Lyne directed Deep Water
this entity surface form: Deep Water (2022 film)
Rosalind Eleazar notableWork Deep Water
Ana de Armas notableWork Deep Water