Sour Tales for Sweethearts by Patricia Highsmith
This poisonous little book contains four wicked stories of love gone wrong. Taken from Little Tales of Misogyny, Highsmith's satirical, cultish short-story collection, these dark and often funny sketches reveal how your lover may not always have your best interests at heart . . . 'These little tales are tremendous fun, glorious hand grenades lobbed at the reader by a gleeful, cackling Patricia Highsmith' Dan Rhodes
These little tales are tremendous fun, glorious hand grenades lobbed at the reader by a gleeful, cackling Patricia Highsmith * Dan Rhodes *
These are extraordinary stories. . etched in acid and unforgettable . . . Highsmith is a mistress of a fine and dangerous art. Let the reader beware * Financial Times *
For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith * Time *
These are extraordinary stories. . etched in acid and unforgettable . . . Highsmith is a mistress of a fine and dangerous art. Let the reader beware * Financial Times *
For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith * Time *
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six, where she attended the Julia Richman High School and Barnard College. In her senior year she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley, published in 1955, introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Graham Greene called Patricia Highsmith 'the poet of apprehension', saying that she 'created a world of her own - a world claustrophobic and irrational which we enter each time with a sense of personal danger' and The Times named her no.1 in their list of the greatest ever crime writers. Patricia Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780349006918 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349006911 |
| Title | Sour Tales for Sweethearts |
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2015-01-22 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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