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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52589915 Title: Beautiful shadow : a life of Patricia Highsmith Author: Andrew Wilson Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2003. ISBN/ISSN: 1582341982 9781582341989 OCLC:52589915

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Beautiful shadow : a life of Patricia Highsmith

Author:	Andrew Wilson
Publisher:	New York : Bloomsbury, 2003.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st U.S. edView all editions and formats
Summary:	A critical biography of suspense author Patricia Highsmith draws on a vast archive of diaries, notebooks, and letters, as well as interviews with friends, colleagues, and lovers, to offer a portrait of the lesbian author and her literary works.
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Patricia Highsmith
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Andrew Wilson Find more information about:
ISBN:	1582341982 9781582341989
OCLC Number:	52589915
Awards:	Lambda Literary Award, 2003
Description:	viii, 534 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	The forever seeking 1921 and before -- Born under a sickly star 1921-1927 -- A house divided 1927-1933 -- Suppressions 1933-1938 -- The taste of freedom 1938-1940 -- A trail of unmade beds 1940-1942 -- The dungeon of thy self 1942-1943 -- A carefully nurtured bohemianism 1943-1945 -- The strange, subtle pluckings of terror 1945-1948 -- How I adore my Virginias 1945-1948 -- Yaddo, shadow--shadow, Yaddo! 1948 -- Instantly, I love her 1948-1949 -- Carol, in a thousand cities 1949-1951 -- Two identities: the victim and the murderer 1951-1953 -- Pat H, alias Ripley 1953-1955 -- Each Man is in His Spectres power 1955-1958 -- This sweet sickness 1958-1959 -- A lurking liking for those that flout the law 1959-1960 -- The ultra neurotic 1960-1962 -- A freedom from responsibility 1962-1964 -- Love was an outgoing thing 1964-1967 -- This shimmery void 1967-1968 -- The false, the fake and the counterfeit 1968-1969 -- An equal opportunity offender 1969-1970 -- Name: Ishmael 1970-1971 -- What are the odds of cat versus person? 1971-1973 -- The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot 1973-1976 -- Your kisses fill me with terror 1976-1978 -- A girl who allows me to dream 1978-1980 -- People who knock on the door 1980-1982 -- A strange interior world 1982-1983 -- Work is more fun than play 1983-1986 -- No end in sight 1986-1988 -- A face accustomed to its ghosts 1988 -- Art is not always healthy and why should it be? 1988-1992 -- I hesitate to make promises 1992-1995.
Other Titles:	Life of Patricia Highsmith
Responsibility:	Andrew Wilson.

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A critical biography of suspense author Patricia Highsmith draws on a vast archive of diaries, notebooks, and letters, as well as interviews with friends, colleagues, and lovers, to offer a portrait of the lesbian author and her literary works.

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