Highsmith
Britishnoun
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In Highsmith, Hitchcock found his true partner in crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mr. Wilson is a journalist who has written biographies of Patricia Highsmith, Alexander McQueen and Sylvia Plath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Summerhouse” is redolent of the Mediterranean atmosphere of a Highsmith plot: sharp, spicy and humor black as night.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 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
Charley Highsmith was a schoolboy; he had never owned a dog or looked along the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Ben W. Warden
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