A review by suzannetronier
The Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith

5.0

A wonderful vacation read. Set in Tunisia in the mid 60s, American Howard Ingham is writing a novel about a morally ambiguous character, developing morally ambiguous relationships with expats and natives and longing for a word from his current love. Dark elements of the world he is inhabiting jut out glaringly from time to time as the ever eager hotel boys seek to create a smooth veneer of order. Something happens--we aren't sure what, even Howard is not sure what--but a tone of foreboding unfolds in its aftermath. This is all told with the polish of classic film noir, with shifting motives and a smart girl from New York lasering in on the unspoken. Masterful!