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The talented Miss Highsmith : the secret life and serious art of Patricia Highsmith

Author: Joan Schenkar
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Reveals the dark private life of the successful twentieth-century writer, chronicling her Texas origins through her self-exile in Europe and offering insight into the influence of Tom Ripley and the Hitchcock film inspired by her first novel.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Patricia Highsmith; Patricia Highsmith
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Joan Schenkar
ISBN: 9780312303754 0312303750
OCLC Number: 317928630
Description: xx, 684 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1. How to Begin --
2. Simple Act of Forgery --
3. La Mamma --
4. Greek Games --
5. Alter Ego --
6. Social Studies --
7. Les Girls --
8. Real Romance of Objects --
9. Cake That Was Shaped Like a Coffin --
Appendix 1 : Just the Facts --
Appendix 2 : Patricia Highsmith's New York --
Appendix 3 : Charts, Maps, Diagrams, and Plans.
Responsibility: Joan Schenkar.

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Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of 20th Century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her favorite 'hero-criminal', talented Tom Ripley. This biography paints a  Read more...

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