The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith
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- Synopsis
- 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," the talented Tom Ripley. In this revolutionary biography, Joan Schenkar paints a riveting portrait, from Highsmith's birth in Texas to Hitchcock's filming of her first novel, Strangers On a Train, to her long, strange, self-exile in Europe. We see her as a secret writer for the comics, a brilliant creator of disturbing fictions, and erotic predator with dozens of women (and a few good men) on her love list. The Talented Miss Highsmith is the first literary biography with access to Highsmith's whole story: her closest friends, her oeuvre, her archives. It's a compulsive page-turner unlike any other, a book worthy of Highsmith herself. A 2010 Lambda Literary Award winner.
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 684 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780312303754
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/16/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Joan Schenkar
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
- Submitted By:
- Terry Gorman
- Proofread By:
- Terry Gorman
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.