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The Comfort of Strangers

"Haunting and compelling." —The Times

As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though there waits someone who cares deeply about how they appear. Then they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell and become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession.

Genre
literary fictionthrillerbritish mysterymysteryhorror
Themes
psychologicalgothic
Setting
1980sitalybritishenglandeurope
Mood
disturbing
Subject
travel
Audience
adult
Length
short · 128 pages
Form
novella

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