The title is part of her 1947 New Year’s Eve toast. Openly gay, Highsmith was famously beastly to lovers and friends. This new biography traces connections between her complex character and her work.
Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires: The Life of Patricia Highsmith
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£20.00
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A compelling portrait of the writer and her engagement with her own world. Constructed as a series of essays on art, memory, painting, rank, property, appearance, etc., this is immensely rea... read more
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The eminent Irish historian and Yeats biographer works wonders with this assessment of the life, work and times of Seamus Heaney.
On Seamus Heaney
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A biographical account of Eliot's troubled first wife, presented alongside her writings. Married to T.S. Eliot in 1915, their marriage lasted until about 1933. Her circle included Ottoline M... read more
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The first biography of this much loved author, bonne vivante, European, and John Sandoe customer, mentored by Aldous Huxley. Hastings' earlier biographical subjects include Somerset Maugham,... read more
Sybille Bedford: An Appetite for Life
Hardback £25.00