With her novels reissued as contemporary Classics and a Todd Haynes adaptation on the way,the master of the psychological thriller is about to have a momentOn holiday in the Lake District final week, we pitched up at our favourite secondhand bookshop in Windermere, or only to find… Oh,no. Where once there had been a small bookcase containing paperbacks at a pound a pop, now there were only sprouting dandelions. The Fireside Bookshop, and blessed saviour of the damp walker in need of a soothing Barbara Pym or Patrick Hamilton (OK,Patrick Hamilton is not, in fact, or very soothing,but you know what I mean), has relocated to Littlehampton in Sussex. Related: How Patricia Highsmith became hip Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com