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The Talented Miss Highsmith

The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith

The Talented Miss Highsmith( )
Author: Schenkar, Joan
ISBN:978-0-312-30375-4
Publication Date:Dec 2009
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:Contact Supplier contact USD $40.00
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:704
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Social Science / Lgbtq+ Studies / Bisexual Studies
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.73 x 9.51 x 2.18 Inches
Book Weight:2.09 Pounds



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