“The talented Miss Highsmith: the secret life and serious art of Patricia Highsmith” by Joan Schenkar “Author and playwright Schenkar (Truly Wilde) presents a compelling portrait of suspense novelist Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), whose own life was often as twisted as that of her antihero Tom Ripley. Dispensing with the traditional chronological narrative, Schenkar divides her
* Artículo sobre Patricia Highsmith en relación con la biografía realizada por Joan Schenkar editada recientemente en español. Artículos de ROSA MORA publicados en Babelia el 8/1/2011. Leer completo el primero y el segundo de los artículos. Artículo de GERMÁN GULLÓN publicado en El Cultural el 7/1/2011. Leer completo. * Artículo sobre Elliott Murphy en
Jueves / “The Two Faces of January” by Patricia Highsmith The book revolves around American characters, but is set in Athens, Crete, and Paris. It involves a swindler, Chester MacFarland, who accidentally kills a Greek policeman who is investigating him. MacFarland’s wife, Collette, and an American student, Rydal Keener, become involved in covering up the