Horrific tragedy becomes disturbingly ordinary in The Black House, a masterful collection of short stories, written during a particularly dark time in Patricia Highsmiths life. As readers will discover, the work eerily evokes the warm familiarities of suburban life the manicured lawns, the white picket fences, and the local pubs, each providing the backbone for her chilling portraits. Seemingly small indiscretions and infidelitiesalong with love affairs and murderconsume the characters that commit them. Cycles of destructive jealousy overwhelm the cheating protagonists of "Blow It" and "When in Rome," and the title story explores smalltown male camaraderie and the destructive secret it masks. This enthralling collection of eleven stories presents Highsmith at her finest melancholy, suspenseful, and sizzling with a powerful awareness of human emotion.

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.; Classification: FF; Weight: 370 g; Dimensions: 208 x 139 x 17

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