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Beautiful Shadow
- Author
- Andrew Wilson
- Narrator
- Laurel Lefkow
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 18 October 2022
- Run Time
- 21 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Patricia Highsmith, author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, had more than her fair share of secrets.
During her life, she felt uncomfortable about discussing the source of her fiction and refused to answer questions about her private life. Yet after her death in February 1995, Highsmith left behind a vast archive of personal documents—diaries, notebooks, and letters—which detail the links between her life and her work.
Drawing on these intimate papers, together with material gleaned from her closest friends and lovers, Andrew Wilson has written the first biography of an author described by Graham Greene as the “poet of apprehension.” Wilson illuminates the dark corners of Highsmith’s life, casts light on mysteries of the creative process, and reveals the secrets that the writer chose to keep hidden until after her death.
Critics Review
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“Excellent and outstandingly readable…Brilliant and compelling.”
Daily Mail (UK)
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“An exemplary biography of a tortured, difficult, and outstandingly gifted human being.”
Sunday Times (London)
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“Wilson has delved with extraordinary diligence, and everything he has unearthed is remarkable.”
Mail on Sunday (London)
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“A fascinating, beautifully balanced, and meticulously researched biography, bringing us as close to understanding Highsmith as we are ever likely to get.”
Sunday Telegraph (UK)
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“Wilson’s portrait of Highsmith…is as haunting and as chilling as the stories and novels Highsmith crafted…The biographer’s exhaustive attention to detail coupled with his access to Highsmith’s journals and letters, and extensive interviews with her friends, lovers and associates, allow him to reveal in excruciating detail this very private person.”
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Details
- Author
- Andrew Wilson
- Narrator
- Laurel Lefkow
- Duration
- 21 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 October 2022
- ISBN
- 9798212271691
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: writers, Biography: general, Gender studies: women and girls
Synopsis
Patricia Highsmith, author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, had more than her fair share of secrets.During her life, she felt uncomfortable about discussing the source of her fiction and refused to answer questions about her private life. Yet after her death in February 1995, Highsmith left behind a vast archive of personal documents—diaries, notebooks, and letters—which detail the links between her life and her work.Drawing on these intimate papers, together with material gleaned from her closest friends and lovers, Andrew Wilson has written the first biography of an author described by Graham Greene as the “poet of apprehension.” Wilson illuminates the dark corners of Highsmith’s life, casts light on mysteries of the creative process, and reveals the secrets that the writer chose to keep hidden until after her death.
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