The Crime Writer
Autor Jill Dawsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 feb 2017
Unfortunately it soon becomes clear that all her demons have come with her. Prowlers, sexual obsessives, frauds, imposters, suicides and murderers: the tropes of her fictions clamour for her attention, rudely intruding on her peaceful Suffolk retreat. After the arrival of Ginny, an enigmatic young journalist bent on interviewing her, events take a catastrophic turn. Except, as always in Highsmith's troubled life, matters are not quite as they first appear . . .
Masterfully recreating Highsmith's much exercised fantasies of murder and madness, Jill Dawson probes the darkest reaches of the imagination in this novel - at once a brilliant portrait of a writer and an atmospheric, emotionally charged, riveting tale.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781444731132
ISBN-10: 1444731130
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-10: 1444731130
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
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Notă biografică
Jill Dawson's novels include Fred & Edie, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, Watch Me Disappear, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, and The Crime Writer, winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year. An award-winning poet, she has also edited several poetry and short story anthologies.
She has held many fellowships, including the Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia. In 2008 she founded a mentoring scheme for new writers, Gold Dust, and in 2020 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
She has held many fellowships, including the Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia. In 2008 she founded a mentoring scheme for new writers, Gold Dust, and in 2020 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
Descriere
By the Orange Prize-shortlisted Jill Dawson, a riveting novel that folds a brilliant portrait of Patricia Highsmith into a tale of duplicity, madness and murder - 'a creepy cracker' Mail on Sunday
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In 1964, the eccentric American novelist Patricia Highsmith is hiding out in a cottage in Suffolk, England, to concentrate on her writing and escape her fans. She has another motive too,―a secret romance with a married lover based in London.
Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that all her demons have come with her. Prowlers, sexual obsessives, frauds, impostors, suicides, and murderers: the tropes of her fictions clamor for her attention, rudely intruding on her peaceful Suffolk retreat. After the arrival of Ginny, an enigmatic young journalist bent on interviewing her, events take a catastrophic turn. Except, as always in Highsmith’s troubled life, matters are not quite as they first appear . . .
Masterfully re-creating Highsmith’s much exercised fantasies of murder and madness, in The Crime Writer Jill Dawson probes the darkest reaches of the imagination,―at once a brilliant portrait of a writer and an atmospheric, emotionally charged, riveting tale.
Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that all her demons have come with her. Prowlers, sexual obsessives, frauds, impostors, suicides, and murderers: the tropes of her fictions clamor for her attention, rudely intruding on her peaceful Suffolk retreat. After the arrival of Ginny, an enigmatic young journalist bent on interviewing her, events take a catastrophic turn. Except, as always in Highsmith’s troubled life, matters are not quite as they first appear . . .
Masterfully re-creating Highsmith’s much exercised fantasies of murder and madness, in The Crime Writer Jill Dawson probes the darkest reaches of the imagination,―at once a brilliant portrait of a writer and an atmospheric, emotionally charged, riveting tale.
Recenzii
“If, as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, this fictionalized account of author Patricia Highsmith’s 1964 sojourn in Sussex is high-grade flattery indeed… Fans of The Price of Salt (the basis for the 2015 film Carol) will savor this phantasmagoria.” — Library Journal
“Suspense novelist Patricia Highsmith finds herself caught in a real-life situation that seems to have sprung from the pages of one of her novels. It’s a clever conceit, plunging an author into a scenario right out of her own queasy-making fiction, and it’s adroitly handled, forcing Pat to live out her ideas of crime and guilt.” — Kirkus Reviews
“[A] dreamlike, high-tension novel...Dawson smoothly marries fact with fiction to capture the famously prickly Highsmith while astutely exploring love, obsession, and the myriad shades of darkness within us all.” — Publishers Weekly
“This novel is the real deal. Beautifully written and a must for all Highsmith fans.” — Phyllis Nagy, scriptwriter of the film Carol
“It’s brilliant.” — Paula Hawkins, Bestselling Author of The Girl on the Train
The Crime Writer represents an astonishing act of literary ventriloquism, easily on a par with The Master, Colm Tóibín’s fine novel about Henry James. — Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
“Ventriloquy is Dawson’s forte . . . this fascinating, skillfully constructed novel builds a convincing picture of Patricia Highsmith ” — Andrew Taylor, Spectator
“All great writers’ biographies are less interesting than their work, but Patricia Highsmith gave hers a run for its money...[The Crime Writer is]sharp and absorbing, with brilliant imaginative flights and a fine sensitivity to its subject’s thorny, wounded, uncanny mind.” — USA Today
“You do not need to be a passionate Highsmith fan to admire this beautifully written and elegant novel, but I think it will particularly appeal to those who have read her books and know something about her life; they should recognise many of the allusions and ideas.” — Jessica Mann Literary Review
“A beautifully crafted and utterly riveting blend of fact and fiction about a fascinating 20th-century figure.” — Carla McKay, Daily Mail
“Dawson has drawn a witty, creepy plot as well as a convincing character sketch of a woman all too easy to caricature.” — Jake Kerridge, The Daily Telegraph
“Dawson skillfully constructs a dark tale that Highsmith fans will love.” — Sunday Times
“A dark tale of madness and murder, of obsession and delusion, that’s worthy of Highsmith herself.” — Red Magazine
“[An] impeccable portrait . . . a hugely compelling read, jam-packed full of tensions and psychological insight, all beautifully observed.” — Sunday Express (London)
“An assured and visceral page-turner, as convincing as it is bold.” — Stephanie Cross Lady
“An intoxicating, shadowy narrative . . . [Dawson’s] version of events will delight Highsmith’s fans.” — Crime Scene magazine
“This novel is one wonderful long riff on Patricia Highsmith . . . Unsettling, sexy and gripping.” — Tim Pears
“Fantastically moody and appealingly unhinged — a piece of sophisticated literary ventriloquism that achieves a wonderful blurring of the lines between fact and fantasy.” — Sarah Waters, Guardian, Summer Reads
“Suspense novelist Patricia Highsmith finds herself caught in a real-life situation that seems to have sprung from the pages of one of her novels. It’s a clever conceit, plunging an author into a scenario right out of her own queasy-making fiction, and it’s adroitly handled, forcing Pat to live out her ideas of crime and guilt.” — Kirkus Reviews
“[A] dreamlike, high-tension novel...Dawson smoothly marries fact with fiction to capture the famously prickly Highsmith while astutely exploring love, obsession, and the myriad shades of darkness within us all.” — Publishers Weekly
“This novel is the real deal. Beautifully written and a must for all Highsmith fans.” — Phyllis Nagy, scriptwriter of the film Carol
“It’s brilliant.” — Paula Hawkins, Bestselling Author of The Girl on the Train
The Crime Writer represents an astonishing act of literary ventriloquism, easily on a par with The Master, Colm Tóibín’s fine novel about Henry James. — Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
“Ventriloquy is Dawson’s forte . . . this fascinating, skillfully constructed novel builds a convincing picture of Patricia Highsmith ” — Andrew Taylor, Spectator
“All great writers’ biographies are less interesting than their work, but Patricia Highsmith gave hers a run for its money...[The Crime Writer is]sharp and absorbing, with brilliant imaginative flights and a fine sensitivity to its subject’s thorny, wounded, uncanny mind.” — USA Today
“You do not need to be a passionate Highsmith fan to admire this beautifully written and elegant novel, but I think it will particularly appeal to those who have read her books and know something about her life; they should recognise many of the allusions and ideas.” — Jessica Mann Literary Review
“A beautifully crafted and utterly riveting blend of fact and fiction about a fascinating 20th-century figure.” — Carla McKay, Daily Mail
“Dawson has drawn a witty, creepy plot as well as a convincing character sketch of a woman all too easy to caricature.” — Jake Kerridge, The Daily Telegraph
“Dawson skillfully constructs a dark tale that Highsmith fans will love.” — Sunday Times
“A dark tale of madness and murder, of obsession and delusion, that’s worthy of Highsmith herself.” — Red Magazine
“[An] impeccable portrait . . . a hugely compelling read, jam-packed full of tensions and psychological insight, all beautifully observed.” — Sunday Express (London)
“An assured and visceral page-turner, as convincing as it is bold.” — Stephanie Cross Lady
“An intoxicating, shadowy narrative . . . [Dawson’s] version of events will delight Highsmith’s fans.” — Crime Scene magazine
“This novel is one wonderful long riff on Patricia Highsmith . . . Unsettling, sexy and gripping.” — Tim Pears
“Fantastically moody and appealingly unhinged — a piece of sophisticated literary ventriloquism that achieves a wonderful blurring of the lines between fact and fantasy.” — Sarah Waters, Guardian, Summer Reads