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In The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith brought to life one of the most enduring antiheroes readers will come across. Above: Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in the new adaptation.
Lesbian camp is not a thing of the past. It evolves and remains relevant to subsequent generations. 'Suffering Sappho!' Unghosts the lesbian in lesbian camp.
Marijane Meaker was a lesbian pulp fiction trailblazer who wrote bestselling YA fiction as M.E. Kerr. She was also Patricia Highsmith’s lover.
Publishers always know the true nature of the writers whose books they print, even if they are loath to spell it out in public.
I first discovered writer Patricia Highsmith (Strangers on a Train, Carol, the five Ripley novels) as a young teenager working my way through Golders Green Library. I guess she came shortly after Georgette Heyer, and I was hooked. I only later became aware of her virulent anti-Semitism, and on this count she was not half-hearted