“When Pat gave her ‘criminal-hero’ Tom Ripley a charmed and parentless life, a wealthy, socially poised Alter Ego (Dickie Greenleaf), and a guilt-free modus operandi (after he kills Dickie, Tom murders only when necessary), she was doing just what her… — Joan Schenkar Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t nice. She was rarely polite. And no one who knew her well would have called her a generous woman.” — Joan Schenkar Copy Share Image
“When Pat gave her ‘criminal-hero’ Tom Ripley a charmed and parentless life, a wealthy, socially poised Alter Ego (Dickie Greenleaf), and a guilt-free modus… — Joan Schenkar Copy Share Image
“Highsmith’s life and work would always give the appearance of a balancing act.” — Joan Schenkar Copy Share Image
“But in the first few hundred of the thousands of pages of plain prose and careful grammar that Patricia Highsmith plied in her thirty-eight… — Joan Schenkar Copy Share Image
“children who are blessed with happy childhoods almost never grow up to become famous writers.” — Joan Schenkar Copy Share Image
