The black house / (Record no. 7773)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01294nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - ISBN | |
| ISBN | 0892962275 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Fic H53t 1988 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Highsmith, Patricia. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The black house / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Patricia Highsmith. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penzler Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c1988. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent/Page number | 258 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Horrific tragedy becomes disturbingly ordinary in The Black House, a masterful collection of short stories, written during a particularly dark time in Patricia Highsmith's life. As readers will discover, the work eerily evokes the warm familiarities of suburban life: the manicured lawns, the white picket fences, and the local pubs, each providing the backbone for her chilling portraits. Seemingly small indiscretions and infidelities—along with love affairs and murder—consume the characters that commit them. Cycles of destructive jealousy overwhelm the cheating protagonists of "Blow It" and "When in Rome," and the title story explores small-town male camaraderie and the destructive secret it masks. This enthralling collection of eleven stories presents Highsmith at her finest: melancholy, suspenseful, and sizzling with a powerful awareness of human emotion. |
| 526 ## - STUDY PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTE | |
| PROGRAM TYPE | FICTION |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Suburban life--Fiction. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Horror tales, American. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS | |
| Classification | |
| Item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Inventory number | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Item type |
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| Fiction | High School Library | High School Library | Fiction | 2020-09-07 | 3860 | Fic H53t 1988 | HS3860 | 2020-09-07 | 1 | 2020-09-07 | Book |