The talented Miss Highsmith : the secret life and serious art of Patricia Highsmith / Joan Schenkar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schenkar, Joan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.

Highsmith, Patricia.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Bisexual people.

United States.

Bisexual people--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 684 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 657-660).

Lambda Literary Awards - Lesbian Memoir/Biography, Winner, 2010

ISBN:

9780312303754

0312303750

OCLC:

317928630