Patricia Highsmith The New York years, 1941-1950 Sarah Waters Virago FBA Paperback 2024 Everyone has secrets

Everyone has secrets

as the Second World War nears its endgame and the British prisoners prepare to flee into the Italian countryside

an anagram of 'dy'd by Rome's reveng'd fury'

with grand plans for the church itself

Patricia Highsmith The New York years, 1941-1950 Sarah Waters Virago FBA Paperback 2024 Everyone has secretsBefore Alfred Hitchcock adapted her debut novel, Strangers on a Train, for the big screen; before Thomas Ripley snaked his way into the canon of psychological suspense; before Carol became a cult classic of romantic obsession, who was Patricia Highsmith? Beginning in 1941 and encompassing Highsmith's adventurous twenties, 'The New York Years' is an intimate self portrait of a young artist, reading voraciously and honing her craft, intertwined with