BOOKS by Patricia Highsmith

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1	Talented Mr. Ripley more books like this by Patricia Highsmith Ripley is back. This new publication of Patricia Highsmith's classic inaugurates the complete Ripley series at Norton. Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.17! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Ripley Under Water more books like this by Patricia Highsmith "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing."--Frank Rich Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are threatened" ("New York Times Book Review"), was Patricia Highsmith's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Price of Salt more books like this by Patricia Highsmith With an autobiographical Afterword by the author, "The Price of Salt" is now recognized as a masterwork, the scandalous novel that anticipated Nabokov's "Lolita." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.06! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Ripley's Game more books like this by Patricia Highsmith With its sinister humor and genius plotting, "Ripley's Game" is an enduring portrait of a compulsive, sociopathic American antihero. Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving comer of "The Talented Mr. Ripley," Having accrued considerable wealth through a long ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.74! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Strangers on a Train more books like this by Patricia Highsmith With the acclaim for The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects in production, and two biographies forthcoming, expatriate legend Patricia Highsmith would be shocked to see that she has finally arrived in her homeland. Throughout her career, Highsmith brought a keen literary eye and a genius for plumbing the psychopathic mind to more than thirty ... see all copies from $2.38! new only from $6.74! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Plotting & Writing Suspense Fiction more books like this by Patricia Highsmith Explains how to use the elements of suspense to create and develop an exciting story. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.06! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Ripley Under Ground more books like this by Patricia Highsmith "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing."--Frank Rich Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are threatened" ("New York Times Book Review"), was Patricia Highsmith's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.25! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Talented Mr. Ripley/Ripley Under Ground/Ripley's Game more books like this by Patricia Highsmith Three classic crime novels by a master of the macabre appear here together in hardcover for the first time. Ripley, " is soon to be released from Miramax starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, and Matt Damon. see all copies from $9.97! new only from $16.06! \| SVS
9	Boy Who Followed Ripley more books like this by Patricia Highsmith "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing."--Frank Rich Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are threatened" ("New York Times Book Review"), was Patricia Highsmith's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.30! \| first editions \| SVS
10	This sweet sickness more books like this by Patricia Highsmith In This Sweet Sickness, David Kelsey has an unyielding conviction that life will turn out all right for him; he just has to fix The Situation: he is in love with a married woman. Obsessed with Annabelle and the life he has imagined for them, David prepares to win her over, whatever it takes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.45! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Crime Novels of the 50s: American Noir more books like this by Robert Polito (Editor), Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith This volume includes Thompson's THE KILLER INSIDE ME, Highsmith's THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, Willeford's PICK-UP, Goodis's DOWN THERE, and Himes's THE REAL COOL KILLERS. The second in a two-volume set. see all copies from $16.55! new only from $24.81! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Found in the street more books like this by Patricia Highsmith In this title, when Elsie Taylor dies under mysterious circumstances, her friends, both lower and upper class, become murder suspects. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith more books like this by Patricia Highsmith If only Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) had been alive to see the thunderous critical response to the publication of the best-selling The Selected Stories of Patricia Higbsmith in 2001. Now the Highsmith renaissance continues with this brilliant collection of 28 short stories, a great majority of which have never been seen before. The stories ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.87! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Blunderer more books like this by Patricia Highsmith With the Savage Humor of Evelyn Waugh and the macabre sensibility of Edgar Allan Poe, Patricia Highsmith brought a distinct twentieth-century acuteness to her prolific body of fiction. In her more than twenty novels, psychopaths lie in wait amid the milieu of the mundane, in the neighbor clipping the hedges or the spouse asleep next to you at ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $7.40! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Those who walk away more books like this by Patricia Highsmith The honeymoon is over, and the bride is dead. The grieving husband convinces the police in Rome of his innocence, but has no such luck with his father-in-law, who shoots him at point-blank range and leaves him for dead. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.26! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Ediths Diary more books like this by Patricia Highsmith In the neat little Pennsylvania house, with senile, dribbling Uncle George and her sly son Cliffie, Edith watches the stranglehold of everyday life tighten its grip. She retreats into her diary where she builds a perfect fantasy of a very different life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The glass cell more books like this by Patricia Highsmith Rife with overtones of Dostoyevsky, "The Glass Cell" combines a quintessential Highsmith mystery with a penetrating critique of the psychological devastation wrought by the prison system, offering a bleak and compelling portrait of daily prison life that is, sadly, as relevant today as it was when the book was first published in 1964. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Mermaids on the Golf Course more books like this by Patricia Highsmith The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this work that reveals the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life. The stories collected in Mermaids on the Golf Course are among Highsmith's most mature, psychologically penetrating works. As in the title story, in which a man's brush with death ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Cry of the Owl more books like this by Patricia Highsmith Robert Forester didn't look like the kind of man to be a prowler. His ex-wife had told the police he was erratic, liable to violence, had evenfired a gun at her. Maybe he was psychopathic murderer... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	A Dog's Ransom more books like this by Patricia Highsmith Highsmith blends a savage humor with brilliant social satire in this dark tale of a highminded criminal who hits a wealthy Manhattan couple where it hurts the most when he kidnaps their beloved poodle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.02! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The animal-lover's book of beastly murder more books like this by Patricia Highsmith Following the national bestseller Selected Stories, this fall brings the republication of two gripping classics. Stories from The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder portray, with incisive humor, the murderously competitive desires of our most trusted companions. In this satirical reprise of Kafka, cats, dogs, and the occasional cockroach are no ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith more books like this by Patricia Highsmith "The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith" presents five of Highsmith's classic short story collections in a single masterful volume. Compelling, twisted, and fiercely intelligent, this landmark collection showcases Highsmith's mastery of the short story form. In a cruel twist of irony, Texas-born Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) is being ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.80! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Carol more books like this by Patricia Highsmith First published in 1952 under a pseudonym, this novel was described as the first gay book with a happy ending. It is a love story about Therese, 19, and Carol, a sophisticated married woman. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $9.18! \| first editions
24 view cover	Deep water more books like this by Patricia Highsmith The Great Revival of Interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with two works that reveal the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life. In Deep Water, set in the small town of Little Wesley, Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby in order to avoid the ... see all copies from $4.20! new only from $8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Game for the Living more books like this by Patricia Highsmith Ramon and Theodore, friends and both lovers of Lelia, become prime suspects when she is found murdered and must find the real killer in order to prove their innocence. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.44! \| first editions \| SVS

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