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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Deep Water canonical 7
Deep Water (2022 film) 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
psychological thriller novel
adaptedAs Deep Water (1981 film)
Deep Water (2022 film)
linked to: Deep Water
author Patricia Highsmith
countryOfOrigin United States
explores dark undercurrents of a seemingly ordinary marriage
murderous impulses beneath domestic life
followedByInAuthorOeuvre This Sweet Sickness
followsInAuthorOeuvre The Talented Mr. Ripley
genre crime fiction
psychological thriller
hasFilmAdaptation Deep Water (1981 film)
Deep Water (2022 film)
language English
literaryMovement 20th-century American crime fiction
mainCharacter Melinda Van Allen
Vic Van Allen
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor portrayal of a sociopathic husband
partOf Patricia Highsmith bibliography
publicationYear 1957
publisher Harper & Brothers
setting Little Wesley, Massachusetts
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 (2022 film)
linked to: Deep Water
Adrian Lyne directed Deep Water (2022 film)
linked to: Deep Water
Rosalind Eleazar notableWork Deep Water
Ana de Armas notableWork Deep Water
Jacob Elordi notableWork Deep Water
Jacob Elordi participatedIn Deep Water (2022 film)
linked to: Deep Water
Finding Gabriel hasPart Deep Water
Deep Water adaptedAs Deep Water (2022 film)
linked to: Deep Water
Gary Windo notableWork Deep Water