The Black House
  • Published:
    Mar-1988 (Hardcover)
    Dec-2004 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Suspense
  • Pages:
    272
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"A border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not-quite accidental." -- John Gross, New York Times Book Review

Horrific tragedy becomes disturbingly ordinary in The Black House, a masterful collection of short stories, written during a particularly dark time in Patricia Highsmith's 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 infidelities -- along with love affairs and murder -- consume 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 small-town 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.
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    •  
    • Dec-2004
    • W.W. Norton & Company
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0393326314
    • ISBN13: 9780393326314
    •  
    • Feb-1989
    • Mysterious Press
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0892969636
    • ISBN13: 9780892969630
    •  
    • Jan-2001
    • Bloomsbury
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0747579350
    • ISBN13: 9780747579359
    • First Edition
    • Mar-1988
    • Mysterious Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0892962275
    • ISBN13: 9780892962273
    • First Edition
    • Mar-1988
    • Mysterious Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0892963751
    • ISBN13: 9780892963751
    •  
    • Dec-1979
    • Trafalgar Square Publishing
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0434335185
    • ISBN13: 9780434335183
    •  
    • Jun-2012
    • W.W. Norton & Company
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0393345718
    • ISBN13: 9780393345711
    •  
    • Jun-2012
    • W.W. Norton & Company
    • eBook (Kindle)



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