A Girl like Phyl | Patricia Highsmith Overview
In the following essay, the critic gives an overview of Patricia Highsmith’s work.
As the author of numerous short story collections and novels, including the well-known Strangers on a Train, American-born Patricia Highsmith enjoyed greater critical and commercial success in England, France, and Germany than in her native country. As Jeff Weinstein speculated in the Village Voice Literary Supplement, the reason for this is that Highsmith’s books have been ‘‘misplaced’’— relegated to the mystery and suspense shelves instead of being allowed to take their rightful place in the literature section. As far as her ardent admirers in the United...
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