{"product_id":"people-who-knock-on-the-door","title":"People Who Knock On The Door","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE TALENTED MR RIPLEY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCAROL\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eSTRANGERS ON A TRAIN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Venomously accurate'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not quite accidental . . . Highsmith achieves the effect of the occult without any resources to supernatural machinery'' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying'' \u003ci\u003eVOGUE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Who Knock on the Door \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale about blind faith and the slippery notion of justice that lies beneath the peculiarly American veneer of righteousness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a pitiless story of prying suburban self-righteousness, Patricia Highsmith introduces the Alderman family as they descend into moral crisis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen small-town insurance salesman Richard Alderman becomes a born-again Christian, his once tight-knit family quickly begins to rip apart at the seams. He and his youngest son, Robbie, embrace their newfound faith, while his elder son Arthur rejects it. Caught in the middle of the ensuing web of lies, his wife, Lois, tries to keep the family together, but when the church elders start to interfere in Arthur''s love life, events spiral toward violence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this masterful late work, Highsmith weaves a powerful tale about blind faith and the peculiar ideas of justice that lie underneath the veneer of respectability.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319176438142,"sku":"NW9780349004976","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349004976.jpg?v=1778648759","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/people-who-knock-on-the-door","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}