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Devils, lusts and strange desires : the life of Patricia Highsmith

Summary: "Made famous by the great success of her psychological thrillers, The Talented Mr Ripley and Strangers on a Train, Patricia Highsmith is lauded as one of the most influential and celebrated modern writers. However, there has never been a clear picture of the woman behind the books. The relationship between Highsmith's lesbianism, her fraught personality - by parts self-destructive and malicious - and her fiction, has been largely avoided by biographers. She was openly homosexual and wrote the seminal lesbian love story, Carol. In modern times, she would be venerated as a radical exponent of the LGBT community. However, her status as an LGBT icon is undermined by the fact that she was excessively cruel and exploitative of her friends and lovers. In this new biography, Richard Bradford brings his sharp, incisive style to one of the great and most controversial writers of the twentieth century. He considers Highsmith's bestsellers in the context of her troubled personal life; her alcoholism, licentious sex life, racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny and abundant self-loathing."--Amazon.

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  • ISBN: 9781448217908
  • ISBN: 1448217903
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: London, UK ; New York : Bloomsbury Caravel, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical resources (pages 245-246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The beginning -- Barnard -- Boarding the train -- Yaddo and consequences -- Carol -- Ellen -- Ripley -- Marijane -- 'So much in love' -- Eccentricity -- France -- Animals and us -- 'It's good you never had children' -- Her last loves -- 'I'm sick of Jews!' -- Those who walk away.
Subject:
Highsmith, Patricia -- 1921-1995
Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Lesbians -- United States -- Biography
Lesbian authors -- Biography
Suspense fiction -- Authorship
Écrivaines américaines -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
Lesbiennes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
Écrivaines lesbiennes -- Biographies
Highsmith, Patricia -- 1921-1995
Women authors, American
Suspense fiction -- Authorship
Lesbians
Lesbian authors
Authors, American
United States
Genre:
Biographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Westchester Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.

Other Formats and Editions

English (2)
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Ossining Public Library B HIGHSMITH (Text) 31021153393409 Biography Available -
Yonkers Riverfront Library B HIGHSMITH (Text) 31035612057736 Biography Available -

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