Highsmith
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That she’s playing a lesbian might be seen as homage to Ripley’s creator, Patricia Highsmith, but she’s a queer actress as well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
One is “Ripley,” based on the 1955 Patricia Highsmith novel, starring Andrew Scott as the eponymous sociopath who takes over the life of a trust-fund kid.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024
Patricia Highsmith provides only a few rudimentary details in the first few chapters of “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” her 1955 novel that kicked off a series of five books about the elusive con artist.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024
The character of Ripley can be seen as a kind of auto-fiction, a way for Highsmith to live as someone else.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024
Highsmith, still in his make-up, went with Herr Goldstein to a café booth.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.
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