Patricia Highsmith, The Glass Cell. Virago Modern Classics, 2014. First published in the USA, 1963 This wasn’t the most soothing choice of reading during Britain’s third lockdown, when Covid cases are soaring, hospitals are full and their staff almost overwhelmed, … Continue reading
Patricia Highsmith, Those Who Walk Away (Virago Modern Classics, 2014; first published 1967) Texas-born Patricia Highsmith (1921-95) moved to a country cottage in Suffolk in England in 1964, apparently to be nearer the Englishwoman she’d fallen in love with. She wrote … Continue reading
Patricia Highsmith, Little Tales of Misogyny. Virago Modern Classics, 2015. There are 17 very short stories printed in a large font in this slim volume of just 135 pages, so they’re probably best described as flash fiction. They were first … Continue reading
Patricia Highsmith, A Suspension of Mercy. VMC. First published 1965 I’m not usually keen on suspense thrillers, as I find they generally lack suspense and don’t thrill. A Suspension of Mercy did little to change my mind. I found it … Continue reading
Patricia Highsmith: Edith’s Diary. VMC 2015. First published 1977 Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thrillers probe the twisted minds and lives of people who adopt an oblique approach to what most would call reality. (Carol, which I posted about last summer, is … Continue reading
Patricia Highsmith, Carol. Bloomsbury pb, 2014. First published in the USA as The Price of Salt in 1952 Squeezing this last post in this month before I go on my travels, so there’ll be a hiatus here at TD for a while. … Continue reading
Elizabeth Day, The Party. Fourth Estate, London, 2018. First published 2017 Is it possible to enjoy a reasonably well put together novel about a group of singularly unpleasant characters? It should be, but there’s usually some decent soul to strike … Continue reading
I’ve just returned with Mrs TD from a wonderful holiday by rail to Switzerland via London and Colmar. As I prepared a narrative with pictures I realised it would need more than one post. After travelling from Cornwall by train … Continue reading