I think if you betray somebody you get scarred. If you hurt somebody you get scarred. You may not feel the pain of that betrayal that you imposed on somebody else. All kinds of scars. The private world of which La Plante speaks is one of jet-setting across continents, of meetings behind the closed doors of Hollywood's television industry, of working into the wee hours giving life to characters with a swipe of the pen, of soaking up New Orleans nuances of voodoo and murder in her latest novel Cold Blood and of her home which very few people ever have the opportunity to peruse.
People usually stand there with their jaws open because it's full of weird things.
I just purchase it. I love sales, auctions and what most people would call junk. With Prime Suspect I wanted a bit of social knowledge in there. A bit of a look at the discrimination that's going on for this lady. She may be clever, but she's up against it.