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3 months ago

When I moved in with the author of Mr Ripley, friends said they thought she was in love with me. But I was afraid this ill-tempered creator of ingenious murders was going to kill me

I first read Patricia Highsmith's novels in the autumn of 1994. I was 20 and living in a room in her house in Tegna, Switzerland, that was plastered with bookshelves.

4 months ago

‘You are living with a difficult person who is waiting to die’: my harrowing time as Patricia Highsmith’s assistant

I worked for the author of The Talented Mr Ripley in her final months. She was so mean and secretive, I imagined she wanted to kill me

I first read Patricia Highsmith’s novels in the autumn of 1994. I…

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