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Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of 20th Century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling  as that of her favorite "hero-criminal," talented Tom Ripley. In this revolutionary biography, Joan Schenkar paints a riveting portrait, from Highsmith's birth in Texas to Hitchcock's  filming of her first novel, <i>Strangers On a Train,</i> to her long, strange, self-exile in Europe. We see her as a secret writer for the comics, a brilliant creator of disturbing fictions, and erotic p

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Author

Joan Schenkar

Publisher

New York: St. Martin's Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429961011

Category

biography

Subjects

Mystery, Memoir, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.63 / 5 (544 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14