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Little Tales of Misogyny

by Patricia Highsmith · 1974

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Nowhere is Patricia Highsmith more edgy than in these mordantly hilarious sketches that make up Little Tales of Misogyny.

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Here you'll meet seemingly familiar women with the power to destroy both themselves and the men around them. In these stories Highsmith is at her most scathing as she draws out the mystery and menace of her once ordinary subject.

Genre
mysterycrimeliterary fictionhumorLGBT
Themes
feminismgenderwomen
Setting
1970sUSA
Audience
adult
Length
short · 128 pages
Form
short stories

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