Highsmith, Patricia (Vol. 2) - Highsmith, Patricia 1921–
Highsmith, Patricia 1921–
An American-born British mystery writer, Miss Highsmith is considered the queen of the crime novel. She is the author of Strangers on a Train and Those Who Walk Away. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
Miss Highsmith writes not simply fiction about crime but, in the technical sense, crime fiction, instantly recognizable as such by addicts of the genre, which is by now thoroughly established as a distinct sub-compartment within the line of descent from Poe's invention, the detective story. Neither could an addict be disappointed in Miss Highsmith, who is a very good crime novelist. But there's the injustice. For as a novelist tout court she's excellent…. Highsmith and Simenon are alone in writing books which transcend the limits of the genre while staying strictly inside its rules: they alone have taken the crucial step from playing games to creating art….
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