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Patricia Highsmith
American writer
Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr Ripley and Strangers on a Train, was fascinated with amorality and the criminal mind. Her skilfully written novels and compelling short stories earned her a cult following in Europe, where she moved in 1963. HER SECRET LIFE
Monday 14 June 2004 9pm-10pm; rpt midnight-1am;
Tuesday 15 June 3am-4am;
Wednesday 16th June 12.35am-1.35am
Thursday 17 June 12.30am-1.30am
Documentary about the dark inner world of Patricia Highsmith based on notebooks and diaries discovered after her death in 1995.
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Monday 14 June 2004 8.30pm-9pm; rpt 1am-1.30am
Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley is compared to Proulx's Shipping News
why she decided to write crime stories
HER SECRET LIFE