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Quality
I have finally begun the journey and i am so glad
It has nothing in common with the heroic world of her peers hammett and chandler and her detectives
As in every highsmith story the character becomes obsessed with the role as caretaker and wants to become their herione
Competitiveness
I highly recomend this book as it is the best story book i have read in a long time
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- This product had a total of 54 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 28 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I am a hardcore highsmith fan having read almost every book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It tells of a troubled woman who applies as a nanny for a wealthy family
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
No writer has ever equaled highsmiths genius for portraying highly disturbed people in all their creepy glory
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However if youre new to highsmith skip this and read her more worthy works
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Each piece in this collection is a stunner especially my favorite barbarians which builds empathy dread and tension word by word the story grown like an evil pearl
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Anyway mums just finished the fourth story about the terrapin which is an award winning story and joyfully telling me about each story as she goes along
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Patricia highsmith has enjoyed a higher profile recently almost entirely due to the film adaptation of her novel the talented mr ripley
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The outstanding story has to be when the fleet was in at mobile with its horrific revelations