Seventy years after Patricia Highsmith’s thriller was published, we’re still captivated by the exploits of Tom Ripley – and a ...

That window into Ripley's roots is one reason I loved re-reading the novel in the lead up to a new adaptation. Highsmith illuminates the inner life of what she recognized as her "psychopath hero ...

Anyone conversant with the novels and short stories of Patricia Highsmith will likely scratch their heads when pondering the title of the new documentary, “Loving Highsmith.” Is there a literary ...

Author Patricia Highsmith achieved global fame with 1950’s “Strangers on a Train” and 1955’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” but a new documentary reveals her private life to have been even ...

Without much style, Deville, who never rose to the prominent ranks of his contemporaries Godard and Truffaut, sustains an air of mystery befitting Patricia Highsmith. “Cry of the Owl” (1987) ...

<p>Patricia Highsmith (Jan. 19, 1921 - Feb. 5, 1995) was an American writer whose tales of gentlemen murderers and psychological intrigue were often explorations of her own obsessions. Among her ...

On the Shelf Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995 Edited by Anna von Planta Liveright: 999 pages, $40 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from ...

In 1927, Patricia was whisked away to New York to live with her mother and stepfather, Stanley Highsmith. The experience of the Big Apple proved to be short lived, for she was sent back to Texas ...

Dawson draws on Highsmith’s notebooks as well as two biographies — Andrew Wilson’s excellent analysis, “Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith” and Joan Schenkar’s tabloid ...

Patricia Highsmith tells the story of finding two snails once, in a standoff, bobbing and weaving in a fish market in preparation for either a fight or a dalliance decidedly more amorous.

Why Patricia Highsmith's most famous creature, Tom Ripley, continues to fascinate By Carole V. Bell Published April 15, 2024 at 10:43 AM EDT Lorenzo Sisti ...