In unmistakable Highsmithian fashion, Small g, Patricia Highsmith's final novel, opens near a seedy Zurich bar with the brutal murder of Petey Ritter. Unraveling the...

In unmistakable Highsmithian fashion, Small g, Patricia Highsmith's final novel, opens near a seedy Zurich bar with the brutal murder of Petey Ritter. Unraveling the vagaries of love, sexuality, jealousy, and death, Highsmith weaves a mystery both hilarious and astonishing, a classic fairy tale executed with a characteristic penchant for darkness. Published in paperback for the first time in America, Small g is at once an exorcism of Highsmith's literary demons and a revelatory capstone to a wholly remarkable career. It is a delightfully incantatory work that, in the tradition of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, shows us how bizarre and unpredictable love can be.

Author: Patricia Highsmith
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/17/2005
Pages: 314
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.54w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780393327038


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 08/07/2005 pg. 24

About the Author
Highsmith, Patricia: - Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.