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Re: RARA-AVIS: "hardboiled"/women authors + Highsmith
RE: Patricia Highsmith. I have read only The Talented Mr. Ripley, and it
really is amazing. She takes that villain-as-hero idea and plays it out
so ingeniously. The tension in that initial threesome (Ripley, his
friend, his friend's girlfriend -- can't remember their names offhand) is
eerie, yet has a twisted humor about it. I'm afraid to read the other
Ripley books for fear he will become tiresome. Does he keep killing
people he loves and then assuming their identities? Michael
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Michael D. Sharp "And trewely he were a greet fool
msharp@umich.edu that wolde kisse the mouth of a
Department of English brennynge oven or of a fourneys."
University of Michigan --The Parson
On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Tosh wrote:
> , I'd shout out Fran Lebowitz. Terse, sardonic, curmudgeonly,
> >precise, against the current, and able to call a sam a spade (ouch!).
> >Doesn't cook. Never without a lit cigarette (which makes interstate travel a
> >challenge). Not married or coupled up. No fluff in her writing.
> >
> >Sandra Hess
> >shess@sirius.com
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> I agree with this notion, she is hard boiled. Speaking of hard boiled
> woman, how about the magnificent Patricia Highsmith. By appearance, her
> novels, stories are not hard-boiled, but in reality they are the hardest.
> She cuts to the core of sexuality like no one else on this planet. Anyone
> on this list share this love for this writer..
>
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> Tosh Berman
> TamTam Books
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