Mermaids on the Golf Course: Stories
The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this work that reveals the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life.The stories collected in Mermaids on the Golf Course are among Highsmith's most mature, psychologically penetrating works. As in...
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The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this work that reveals the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life.The stories collected in Mermaids on the Golf Course are among Highsmith's most mature, psychologically penetrating works. As in the title story, in which a man's brush with death endows his everyday desires with tragic consequences, the warm familiarities of middle-class life become the eerie setting for Highsmith's chilling portrayals of violence, secrecy, and madness.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393324563 (0393324567)
Publish date: July 17th 2003
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
“Good news,” said the doctor. “She’s going to pull through nicely. An infarction, and she’ll have to lie still in hospital for at least ten days, but by tomorrow you can visit …” Christopher felt depressed at the news, though he said the right things. Mermaids on the Golf Course is a collection of ...
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