“The talented Miss Highsmith: the secret life and serious art of Patricia Highsmith” by Joan Schenkar “Author and playwright Schenkar (Truly Wilde) presents a compelling portrait of suspense novelist Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), whose own life was often as twisted as that of her anti-hero Tom Ripley. Dispensing with the traditional chronological narrative, Schenkar divides her
* Article about Patricia Highsmith in relation to the biography by Joan Schenkar recently published in Spanish. Articles by ROSA MORA published in Babelia on 8/1/2011. Read the first and second of the articles completely. Article by GERMÁN GULLÓN published in El Cultural on 7/1/2011. Read complete. * Article about Elliott Murphy in
Thursday / “The Two Faces of January” by Patricia Highsmith The book revolves around American characters, but is set in Athens, Crete, and Paris. It involves a swindler, Chester MacFarland, who accidentally kills a Greek policeman who is investigating him. MacFarland's wife, Collette, and an American student, Rydal Keener, become involved in covering up the