Christopher Priest

A glimpse of the real Patricia Highsmith through her diaries and notebooks

As well as the late-night parties, alcohol and short-lived love affairs, we see a serious writer at work, determined to resist being pigeonholed

A solitary figure in almost constant movement around Europe: Highsmith on a train between Locarno and Zurich in 1987. [Bridgeman Images]

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