Relegated during her lifetime to the pulpy genre of mystery, Patricia Highsmith has emerged since her death in 1995 as one of "our greatest modernist writers" (Gore Vidal). Presented for the first time, this one-volume assemblage of her diaries and notebooks--posthumously discovered behind Highsmith's linens and culled from more than 8,000 pages by her devoted editor, Anna von Planta--traces the mesmerizing double-life of an artist who "[worked]...
Patricia Highsmith's life was marked by difficult personal relationships, self-destructive tendencies, and an endless pursuit to refine her work as an artist. A flurry of new television and film projects regarding the author have recently been announced. In the meantime, here are our picks for the essential Patricia Highsmith reading list.