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'Bring[s] us as close to understanding Highsmith as we are ever likely to get' Sunday Telegraph

'An exemplary biography of a tortured, difficult and outstandingly gifted human being' Sunday Times

'Everything Wilson has unearthed is remarkable' Mail on Sunday

Patricia Highsmith – author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley – had more than her fair share of secrets. During her life, she felt uncomfortable about discussing the source of her fiction and refused to answer questions ab...

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Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith

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