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Black House

Patricia Highsmith
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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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Patricia Highsmith EAN: 9780393326314 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 281 g HEIGHT: 211 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: WW Norton & Co DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-03-22 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological WIDTH: 142 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Crime and mystery fiction

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      Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.
      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Patricia Highsmith EAN: 9780393326314 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 281 g HEIGHT: 211 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: WW Norton & Co DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-03-22 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological WIDTH: 142 cm SPINE:

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      Crime and mystery fiction

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      Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

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