My experience in reading this very thorough and accomplished biography was a disjointed one, because, being in constant competition for my library's electronic version, I lost access several times for a period of weeks each time. This may have unfairly cost Ms Schenkar a star in my rating, because, ...
Patricia Highsmith fascinates me, probably not in a good way. I love her novels and short stories (she wrote a lot more than just the Mr. Ripley books), which are dark and tense. Following her life as a closeted lesbian and misogynist through years of the mid-twentieth century is like watching a tra...
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