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‘She was a monster’: the real Patricia Highsmith, by the people who knew her
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a culture story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to New York. The first report grouped here was at 15 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘She was a monster’: the real Patricia Highsmith, by the people who knew her”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A new film starring Helen Mirren explores the Ripley writer’s later years, but was she really so rude and eccentric? Editors and publishers who worked with her look back Publisher and bookseller Otto Penzler has loved Patricia Highsmith’s work all his life, but their first meeting was a washout.
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
‘She was a monster’: the real Patricia Highsmith, by the people who knew her
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- The Guardian