The Talented Miss Highsmith
The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith
Joan Schenkar
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. 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.
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Details
| ISBN | 9780312303754 |
| Genre | Award Winner; Autobiography/Biography |
| Copyright Date | 2009 |
| Publication Date | 10-Nov-09 |
| Publisher | St Martins Pr |
| Format | Hardcover |
| No. of Pages | 704 |
| Notes | A 2010 New York Times Notable Book
A 2010 Lambda Literary Award Winner A 2009 Edgar Award Nominee A 2009 Agatha Award Nominee A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Great |
| Paper Type | Electronic Format Available |
| Subject | Authors, American – 20th Century; Authors, American/ 20th Century/ Biography; Bisexuals – United States; Bisexuals/ United States/ Biography; Highsmith, Patricia |
| BookID | 12886 |
