THE biography catching reviewers’ attention this month is Joan Schenkar’s The Talented Miss Highsmith.
Highsmith’s books have had an enduring appeal, but were brought to a greater audience through recent movies based on the Ripliad, five novels featuring the charming sociopath Tom Ripley.
In the Washington Post, Jonatham Lethem’s review of the bio. is not as laudatory as others have been. Instead, he encourages readers to turn to the novels themselves.
As Lethem says, “The antidote to literary biography is literature.”
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| Retail Price: |
$40.00 |
| Hardcover: |
704 pages |
| Publisher: |
St. Martin’s Press – (2009-12-08) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0312303750 / 9780312303754 |
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The following are the Highsmith titles that Lethem recommends.
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| Retail Price: |
$27.50 |
| Hardcover: |
880 pages |
| Publisher: |
Everyman’s Library – (1999-10-12) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0375407928 / 9780375407925 |
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| Retail Price: |
$12.00 |
| Paperback: |
272 pages |
| Publisher: |
Atlantic Monthly Press – (1994-01-18) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0871132907 / 9780871132901 |
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| Retail Price: |
$11.95 |
| Paperback: |
288 pages |
| Publisher: |
W.W. Norton & Co. – (2001-11) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0393322440 / 9780393322446 |
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| Retail Price: |
$13.95 |
| Paperback: |
288 pages |
| Publisher: |
W.W. Norton & Co. – (2002-10) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0393323676 / 9780393323672 |
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| Retail Price: |
$12.00 |
| Paperback: |
264 pages |
| Publisher: |
Atlantic Monthly Press – (1994-01-14) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0871132583 / 9780871132581 |
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| Retail Price: |
$13.95 |
| Paperback: |
256 pages |
| Publisher: |
W.W. Norton & Co. – (2003-07) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0393324559 / 9780393324556 |
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| Retail Price: |
$12.95 |
| Paperback: |
256 pages |
| Publisher: |
W.W. Norton & Co. – (2002-08-17) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0393323366 / 9780393323368 |
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