Patricia Highsmith

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Patricia Highsmith was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1921. Her first novel, ›Strangers on a Train‹, was made into the famous film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. ›The Talented Mr. Ripley‹, published in 1955, was awarded the ›Edgar Allan Poe Scroll‹ by the Mystery Writers of America and introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley. In February 1995 Patricia Highsmith died in Switzerland, where she resided much of her life. Patricia Highsmith's books are published in 35 languages.

»Patricia Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night, with the sense that an awful possibility has been articulated, only to be left unresolved.«The New Yorker

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