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082			_aFic H53t 1988
100			_aHighsmith, Patricia.
245			_aThe black house / _cPatricia Highsmith.
260			_aNew York : _bPenzler Books, _cc1988.
300			_a258 p.
520			_aHorrific 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			_aFICTION
650			_aSuburban life--Fiction.
650			_aHorror tales, American.
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