Edith's Diary

From a writer dubbed "one of the finest crime novelists" by the New York Times, a sinister story of madness, dread, and murder, set in 1950s suburban America

About the author

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) is the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt, and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

Summary

Edith Howland’s diary is her most precious possession. After moving with her family from New York City to suburban Pennsylvania, Edith’s husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her trapped in a bleak existence with her degenerate son and his senile uncle. As Edith’s life turns sour, she retreats into her writing; and while her life plunges into chaos, a disturbing tale of success and happiness blooms in her diary. She invents a happy life, and as she knits for imaginary grandchildren, the real world recedes further still, marking a descent into madness that may well be unstoppable.


Originally published in 1977, Edith’s Diary is a masterpiece of psychological suspense, a harrowing and tautly written tale of an ordinary woman whose life is slipping out of control. The author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith is one of the most original voices in twentieth-century American fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2018
• EAN: 9780802128027
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-2802-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 212 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 354 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; USA, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery fiction, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, TOPICAL / Women's Interest, Relating to adulthood