CRAIG BROWN: This is not the Patricia Highsmith that I remember…
Terrible people can write wonderful books, and wonderful people can write terrible books. Yes, it may be unfair, but it is nevertheless a fact of life.
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Devil woman: The realities of author Patricia Highsmith
BOOK OF THE WEEK DEVILS, LUSTS AND STRANGE DESIRES by Richard Bradford (Bloomsbury £20, 272pp) By the end of the introduction — let alone the end of the book — I loathed Patricia Highsmith. In this centenary year of her birth, her satisfyingly ruthless biographer Richard Bradford sets out the essence of her character and … Read more