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This Sweet Sickness
Patricia Highsmith
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Description for This Sweet Sickness
Paperback. Following the national bestseller Selected Stories, this fall brings the republication of a gripping Highsmith classic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
David Kelsey, a young scientist, has an unyielding conviction that life will turn out all right for him; he just has to fix the Situation: he is in love with a married woman. Obsessed with Annabelle and the life he has imagined for them—including the fully furnished cabin he maintains for her—David prepares to win her over, whatever it takes. In this riveting tale of a deluded loner, Highsmith reveals her uncanny ability to draw out the secret obsessions that overwhelm the human heart.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393323672
SKU
V9780393323672
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99-15
About Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.
Reviews for This Sweet Sickness
"Patricia Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing…bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night."
The New Yorker "Terrific book, very wry humor, and a great unreliable narrator."
Sarah Hilary, author of Come and Find Me
The New Yorker "Terrific book, very wry humor, and a great unreliable narrator."
Sarah Hilary, author of Come and Find Me