Criticism

Campbell, James. "Criminal Negligence." Times Literary Supplement, No. 4795 (February 24, 1995): 32.

Negative review of Small g: A Summer Idyll in which Campbell states that the work is repetitive and lacks suspense and sympathy.

Dowell, Pat. "Gentleman with a Past." The Washington Post Book World XXII, No. 42 (October 18, 1992): 9.

Positive review of Ripley under Water in which Dowell discusses Highsmith's depiction of the character Tom Ripley.

King, Frances. "Perverse and Foolish." The Spectator 274, No. 8697 (March 18, 1995): 34.

Mixed review of Small g: A Summer Idyll. King praises the empathy with which Highsmith writes about gay men but faults the work's "slowness and repetitiveness."

Pamuk, Orhan. "A Taste for Death: Patricia Highsmith's Crime Time." The Village Voice XXXVII, No. 46 (November 17, 1992): 107-08.

Mixed assessment of Ripley under Water in which Pamuk states that the work lacks "any forceful character to balance the charm of [Tom] Ripley." The critic also provides a brief overview of Highsmith's career.

Peary, Gerald. "Highsmith." Sight and Sound 57, No. 2 (Spring 1988): 104-05.

Feature article written on the occasion of Highsmith's participation in the 1988 Toronto International Festival of Authors. Peary discusses film adaptations of Highsmith's works.

Symons, Julian. "Life with a Likable Killer." The New York Times Book Review (October 18, 1992): 41.

Negative review of Ripley under Water; Symons concludes that "this is the least good of the Ripley books."

Tolkin, Michael. "In Memory of Patricia Highsmith." Los Angeles Times Book Review (February 12, 1995): 8.

Overview of Highsmith's career written on the occasion of her death in 1995.

Wheelwright, Julie. "Fashion Victim." New Statesman and Society 8, No. 344 (March 1995): 38.

Negative review of Small g: A Summer Idyll in which Wheelwright calls Highsmith's last book "a disappointment."