num_pages: 90
description: Long out of print, this Highsmith classic resurfaces with a vengeance. The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of this legendary, cultish short story collection. With an eerie simplicity of style, Highsmith turns our next-door neighbors into sadistic psychopaths, lying in wait among white picket fences and manicured lawns. In the darkly satiric, often mordantly hilarious sketches that make up 'Little Tales of Misogyny', Highsmith upsets our conventional notions of female character, revealing the devastating power of these once familiar creatures "The Dancer," "The Female Novelist," "The Prude", who destroy both themselves and the men around them. This work attests to Highsmith's reputation as "the poet of apprehension" (Graham Greene).
language: English
title: Little Tales of Misogyny
titlecomplete: Little Tales of Misogyny
genres: 20th Century, American, Crime, Feminism, Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Humor, Mystery
ratings_count: 2672
publisher: Penguin