num_pages: 144
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 creaturesâ€”"The Dancer," "The Female Novelist," "The Prude"â€”who destroy both themselves and the men around them. This work attesets to Highsmith's reputation as "the poet of apprehension" (Graham Greene).
language: English
title: Little Tales of Misogyny
titlecomplete: Little Tales of Misogyny
genres: Mystery, Fiction, 20th Century, Humor, Classics, The United States Of America, Crime, American, Feminism, Short Stories
ratings_count: 2672
publisher: Mysterious Press