The crime writer: a novel
(Book)
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
DAWSON
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DAWSON
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DAWSON
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Published:
New York : Harper Perennial, 2017.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Harper Perennial paperback [edition].
Physical Desc:
246 pages ; 21 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780062669582, 0062669583, 9780062669582, 0062669583
Notes
General Note
"Originally published as The crime writer in Great Britain in 2016 by Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company."
Description
In 1964, the eccentric American novelist Patricia Highsmith is hiding out in a cottage in Suffolk, to concentrate on her writing and escape her fans. She has another motive too - a secret romance with a married lover based in London. Unfortunately it soon becomes clear that all her demons have come with her. Prowlers, sexual obsessives, frauds, imposters, suicides and murderers: the tropes of her fictions clamour for her attention, rudely intruding on her peaceful Suffolk retreat. After the arrival of Ginny, an enigmatic young journalist bent on interviewing her, events take a catastrophic turn. Except, as always in Highsmith's troubled life, matters are not quite as they first appear ... Masterfully recreating Highsmith's much exercised fantasies of murder and madness, Jill Dawson probes the darkest reaches of the imagination in this novel - at once a brilliant portrait of a writer and an atmospheric, emotionally charged, riveting tale.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Dawson, J. (2017). The crime writer: a novel. First Harper Perennial paperback [edition]. Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Dawson, Jill. 2017. The Crime Writer: A Novel. Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Dawson, Jill, The Crime Writer: A Novel. Harper Perennial, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Dawson, Jill. The Crime Writer: A Novel. First Harper Perennial paperback [edition]. Harper Perennial, 2017.
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