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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bradford, Richard, 1957- author.     Subjects     Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.     Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Lesbians -- United States -- Biography.     Lesbian authors -- Biography.     Suspense fiction -- Authorship.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bradford, Richard, 1957- author.       by title:      Devils, lusts and st...         MARC Display

Devils, lusts and strange desires : the life of Patricia Highsmith / Richard Bradford. by Bradford, Richard, 1957- author. London, UK ; New York : Bloomsbury Caravel, 2021. Subjects Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.   Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.   Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.   Lesbians -- United States -- Biography.   Lesbian authors -- Biography.   Suspense fiction -- Authorship. ISBN:  9781448217908 (hardcover) : 1448217903 (hardcover) Description:  xiii, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  The beginning -- Barnard -- Boarding the train -- Yaddo and consequences -- Carol -- Ellen -- Ripley -- Marijane -- 'So much in love' -- Eccentricity -- France -- Animals and us -- 'It's good you never had children' -- Her last loves -- 'I'm sick of Jews!' -- Those who walk away. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Made famous by the great success of her psychological thrillers, The Talented Mr Ripley and Strangers on a Train, Patricia Highsmith is lauded as one of the most influential and celebrated modern writers. However, there has never been a clear picture of the woman behind the books. The relationship between Highsmith's lesbianism, her fraught personality - by parts self-destructive and malicious - and her fiction, has been largely avoided by biographers. She was openly homosexual and wrote the seminal lesbian love story, Carol. In modern times, she would be venerated as a radical exponent of the LGBT community. However, her status as an LGBT icon is undermined by the fact that she was excessively cruel and exploitative of her friends and lovers. In this new biography, Richard Bradford brings his sharp, incisive style to one of the great and most controversial writers of the twentieth century. He considers Highsmith's bestsellers in the context of her troubled personal life; her alcoholism, licentious sex life, racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny and abundant self-loathing."--Amazon.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 813.54 Highsmith Br Checked out 06/04/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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