Beautiful shadow

Awesome to step into the aura of an amazing and colourful woman so full of life. A descriptive and frighteningly personal biography.

After reading all 22 of Highsmith's novels, I devoured this book about her life. An absolutely fascinating read, highly recommended if you're a fan of her writing.

Beautiful Shadow is a well documented, well written, and thorough enough account of the life of Patricia Highsmith. It treads that most precarious ridge of balancing excellent detail without bogging down narrative action.