Little Tales of Misogyny
Little Tales of Misogyny is Highsmith's legendary, cultish short-story collection. With an eerie simplicity of style, Highsmith turns our next-door neighbours into sadistic psychopaths, lying in wait among white picket fences and manicured lawns. In these darkly satirical, often hilarious,...
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Little Tales of Misogyny is Highsmith's legendary, cultish short-story collection. With an eerie simplicity of style, Highsmith turns our next-door neighbours into sadistic psychopaths, lying in wait among white picket fences and manicured lawns. In these darkly satirical, often hilarious, sketches you'll meet seemingly familiar women with the power to destroy both themselves and the men around them.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780349004938 (0349004938)
Publish date: 2015-01-29
Publisher: Virago
Pages no: 135
Edition language: English
I was saving this collection for a rainy day, and yesterday – day 1 of a nasty, unexpected sinus infection – was exactly when I needed to read this weird little book. (I still have said blitzkrieg infection, so please don't expect too much from this review.)This book is very short, as are the indivi...
Very interesting! Funny and misanthropic short stories. It took a while for her writing style to grow on me but the stories became more and more interesting as the book progressed.
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