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Average rating3.8
I loved this book. Patricia Highsmith has a was of writing short stories with dark and twisted humor. Each story has a twisted at the end and I could not put the book down. I will defiantly be reading more of her books.
I hadn't heard of this author before, but a quick look at her publication list shows I probably should have... The Talented Mr Ripley being the obvious one.
This is an amusing book of little stories - she certainly covers all the bases of the women we are meant to hate: the perfectionist, the mother-in-law, the prude, the victim etc etc, and although clearly dated stories, if you put it in the context of when it was written (first published 1974) they were probably viewed as scandalous. Some of these stories are only two pages long, and only outline a quick and basic story, others are more in depth, but all are a short read.