The talented Miss Highsmith : the secret life and serious art of Patricia Highsmith / Joan Schenkar.
Author: Schenkar, Joan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
ISBN: 9780312303754
0312303750
Description: xx, 684 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Subject: Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
Highsmith, Patricia. swd
Authors, American 20th century Biography.
Bisexuals United States Biography.
Contents: 1. How to Begin -- 2. Simple Act of Forgery -- 3. La Mamma -- 4. Greek Games -- 5. Alter Ego -- 6. Social Studies -- 7. Les Girls -- 8. Real Romance of Objects -- 9. Cake That Was Shaped Like a Coffin -- Appendix 1 : Just the Facts -- Appendix 2 : Patricia Highsmith's New York -- Appendix 3 : Charts, Maps, Diagrams, and Plans.
Summary: Reveals the dark private life of the successful twentieth-century writer, chronicling her Texas origins through her self-exile in Europe and offering insight into the influence of Tom Ripley and the Hitchcock film inspired by her first novel.
