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Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith

Paperback • 2003 • English

Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith

By Andrew Wilson

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About the book

Patricia Highsmith - author of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY - had more than her fair share of secrets. During her life, she felt uncomfortable about discussing the source of her fiction and refused to answer questions about her private life. Yet after her death in February 1995, Highsmith left behind a vast archive of personal documents - diaries, notebooks and letters - which detail the links between her life and her work. Drawing on these intimate papers, together with mater...Show more

Biography and non-fiction prose

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ISBN

9781408811191

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith

Format

Paperback

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