Unsuspecting victims are devoured by their own obsessions in this perfectly chilling collection. A man becomes devoted to his pet snails, with fatal results. A young nanny turns arsonist in a bid to become heroine of the hour. A boy finally stands up to his mother, with knife in hand. Highsmith weaves a world claustrophobic in its intensity, disturbing in its mundanity, as she probes the dark corners of the human psyche. "Eleven" is a collection of masterpieces of Highsmith's particular art, full of compulsion, foreboding ...
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Unsuspecting victims are devoured by their own obsessions in this perfectly chilling collection. A man becomes devoted to his pet snails, with fatal results. A young nanny turns arsonist in a bid to become heroine of the hour. A boy finally stands up to his mother, with knife in hand. Highsmith weaves a world claustrophobic in its intensity, disturbing in its mundanity, as she probes the dark corners of the human psyche. "Eleven" is a collection of masterpieces of Highsmith's particular art, full of compulsion, foreboding and cruel pleasures.
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Good. Minimal signs of wear. Corners and cover may show wear. May contain highlighting and or writing. May be missing dust jacket. May not include supplemental materials. May be a former library book.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Very good. Foreword by Graham Greene. Spine tight and uncreased. Pages unmarked except for a former owner name in ink to the first leaf (Highsmith's bio). Some edge-wear. A minor crease to the front cover at the foot and some patches of removed sizing to the back cover, where a sticker has been removed. 'I admire snails for their self-sufficiency, ' said Highsmith, who first began keeping the mollusks as pets after seeing them engaged in hours-long coitus in a New York fish market in 1946. 'I usually take five or six of my favorites with me when I go on holiday. ' This short-story collection includes two stories concerned with Highsmith's favorite creatures ('The Snail Watcher' and 'The Quest for Blank Claveringi'). Nice, hard-to-find Penguin UK paperback, with a clever cover juxtaposing horror-show titling type and David Thorpe's serenely scientific photo. 170 pp.
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Fine. Paperback Fine 169 1984 Sticker on front cover, remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise like new Quality Books Because We Care-Shipped from Canada Usually within 1-2 business days.
