Nothing That Meets the Eye - by Patricia Highsmith (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The Patricia Highsmith renaissance continues with this brilliant collection of 28 psychologically penetrating stories, a great majority of which are published here for the first time.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The Patricia Highsmith renaissance continues with <em>Nothing That Meets the Eye</em>, a brilliant collection of twenty-eight psychologically penetrating stories, a great majority of which are published for the first time in this collection.<br /><br /> This volume spans almost fifty years of Highsmith's career and establishes her as a permanent member of our American literary canon, as attested by recent publication of two of these stories in <em>The New Yorker</em> and <em>Harper's</em>. The stories assembled in <em>Nothing That Meets the Eye</em>, written between 1938 and 1982, are vintage Highsmith: a gigolo-like psychopath preys on unfulfilled career women; a lonely spinster's fragile hold on reality is tethered to the bottle; an estranged postal worker invents homicidal fantasies about his coworkers. While some stories anticipate the diabolical narratives of the Ripley novels, others possess a Capra-like sweetness that forces us to see the author in a new light. From this new collection, a remarkable portrait of the American psyche at mid-century emerges, unforgettably distilled by the inimitable eye of Patricia Highsmith. A <em>New York Times</em> Notable Book and a <em>Washington Post</em> Rave of 2002.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A thrilling compendium of work full of surprises.--Ed Siegel "Boston Globe"<br><br>Almost every piece...contains touches that reveal what a subtle writer Highsmith was.--James Campbell "New York Times"<br>
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