num_pages: 216
description: Patricia Highsmith, author of such classics as The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train , was a writer who defied simple categorization. Gore Vidal called "One of the greatest modernist writers." The Cleveland Plain Dealer rightly "Patricia Highsmith is often called a mystery or crime writer, which is a bit like calling Picasso a draftsman."To young novelist Marijane Meaker, however, Highsmith was more than a role model. Shortly after the two met in a New York City lesbian bar, they became lovers and embarked on a two year romance amidst the bohemian set of Greenwich Village and the literary crowd of Fire Island. There, the pair navigated the underground lesbian scene, lunched with literary stars like Janet Flanner, shared intimacies, and gossiped with abandon. Written with wit and brassy candor, A Romance of 1950s is a revealing look at the controversial icon of popular American fiction.
language: English
title: Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950's
titlecomplete: Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950's
genres: History, Queer, Womens, Biography, Memoir, LGBT, Biography Memoir, Gay, Lesbian, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 345
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Autobiography/Memoir
publisher: Cleis Press