{"product_id":"the-talented-miss-highsmith-the-secret-life-and-serious-art-of-patricia-highsmith-9780312363819","title":"The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Highsmith's \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e is now a major motion picture\u003ci\u003e (Carol\u003c\/i\u003e) starring Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska, directed by Todd Hayes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 2010 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2010 Lambda Literary Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2009 Edgar Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2009 Agatha Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of the Week \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of twentieth-century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her favorite hero-criminal, the talented Tom Ripley. Joan Schenkar maps out this richly bizarre life from her birth in Texas to Hitchcock's filming of her first novel, \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train, \u003c\/i\u003e to her long, strange self-exile in Europe. We see her as a secret writer for the comics, a brilliant creator of disturbing fictions, and an erotic predator with dozens of women (and a few good men) on her love list. \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Miss Highsmith\u003c\/i\u003e is the first literary biography with access to Highsmith's whole story: her closest friends, her oeuvre, her archives. It's a compulsive page-turner unlike any other, a book worthy of Highsmith herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-302488\"\u003eJoan Schenkar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.80w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312363819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312363818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004230\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Schenkar\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-2021) was a playwright of experimental works and the renowned biographer of Patricia Highsmith, the controversial author of \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e, and Dolly Wilde, Oscar Wilde's niece. Her books include the Lambda Literary Award Winner, \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTruly Wilde: The Unsettling Story of Dolly Wilde\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection of plays, \u003ci\u003eSigns of Life: 6 Comedies of Menace\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43835513241739,"sku":"9780312363819","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_fb770cf7-db5d-449e-916e-549f0aedec77.jpg?v=1755668480","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-talented-miss-highsmith-the-secret-life-and-serious-art-of-patricia-highsmith-9780312363819","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}