The talented Miss Highsmith
Subtitle: the secret life and serious art of Patricia Highsmith
By: Joan Schenkar.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9780312303754
Subjects: Highsmith, Patricia, -- 1921-1995; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Bisexuals -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: Reveals the dark private life of the successful twentieth-century writer, chronicling her Texas origins through her self-exile in Europe and offering insight into the influence of Tom Ripley and the Hitchcock film inspired by her first novel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.