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The Black House Paperback - 2004

by Patricia Highsmith

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Horrific tragedy becomes disturbingly ordinary in The Black House, a masterful collection of short stories, written during a particularly dark time in Patricia Highsmith's life. As readers will discover, the work eerily evokes the warm familiarities of suburban life: the manicured lawns, the white picket fences, and the local pubs, each providing the backbone for her chilling portraits. Seemingly small indiscretions and infidelities--along with love affairs and murder--consume the characters that commit them. Cycles of destructive jealousy overwhelm the cheating protagonists of "Blow It" and "When in Rome," and the title story explores small-town male camaraderie and the destructive secret it masks. This enthralling collection of eleven stories presents Highsmith at her finest: melancholy, suspenseful, and sizzling with a powerful awareness of human emotion.

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  • Title The Black House
  • Author Patricia Highsmith
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 270
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2004-12-01
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393326314 / 0393326314
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.48 x 0.65 in (20.83 x 13.92 x 1.65 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Suburban life, Horror tales, American
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004024360
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Library Journal, 01/15/2005, Page 172
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 08/01/2004, Page 52
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