Na het lezen van haar ruim 30 boeken is het de hoogste tijd voor de definitieve biografie van Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995): ‘The talented Miss Highsmith’ van Joan Schenkar (2009).

“Joan Schenkar is the first writer to grapple with Patricia Highsmith on every level of her being, from her bizarre personal life to her incredibly prolific writing life. It’s hard to avoid superlatives when describing Schenkar’s biography, but there doesn’t seem to be any other way to go about it.”

Deirdre Bair, author of the National Book Award-winning biography ‘Samuel Beckett’ and ‘Simone de Beauvoir, A Biography’.