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The Black House
Patricia Highsmith, Paperback$18.66
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Horrific tragedy becomes disturbingly ordinary in The Black House, a masterful collection of short stories, written during a particularly dark time in Patricia Highsmith’s life. As readers will discover, the work eerily evokes the warm familiarities of suburban life: the manicured lawns, the white picket fences, and the local pubs, each providing the backbone for her chilling portraits. Seemingly small indiscretions and infidelities–along with love affairs and murder–consume the characters that commit them. Cycles of destructive jealousy overwhelm the cheating protagonists of “Blow It” and “When in Rome,” and the title story explores small-town male camaraderie and the destructive secret it masks. This enthralling collection of eleven stories presents Highsmith at her finest: melancholy, suspenseful, and sizzling with a powerful awareness of human emotion.
Description
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Published: 12/17/2004
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393326314
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.48w x 0.65d
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Weight | 0.51 lbs |
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Dimensions | 8.2 × 5.48 × 0.65 in |
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