The Cry of the Owl
First edition | |
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Psychological thriller, novel |
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
Publication date | 1962 |
| Publication place | United States |
The Cry of the Owl is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith, the eighth of her 22 novels. It was first published in the US in 1962 by Harper & Row and in the UK by Heinemann the following year. It explores, in the phrase of critic Brigid Brophy, "the psychology of the self-selected victim".