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Small G: a Summer Idyll: a Virago Modern Classic Free FREE SMALL G: A SUMMER IDYLL: A VIRAGO MODERN CLASSIC PDF Patricia Highsmith | 352 pages | 21 Jan 2016 | Little, Brown Book Group | 9780349004990 | English | London, United Kingdom Small g: A Summer Idyll: A Virago Modern Classic by Patricia Highsmith - Books - Hachette Australia Home Groups Talk More Zeitgeist. I Agree This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms. Series description. Related publisher series Penguin Classics. Dover Thrift Editions. Oxford World's Classics. Everyman's Library New Series. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading. Wordsworth Classics. Simon and Schuster Enriched Classics. Florin Books. Bantam Classics. Vintage Classics. Tor Classics. Penguin Popular Classics. Den svarte serie. Everyman's Library. Penguin English Library. Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions. 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Eleven 'What is striking about these stories is their integrity: they are all of a piece. Slowly, Slowly in the Wind 'Highsmith neatly dismantles the American suburban idyll, subverting the cliches of domestic bliss - nice neighbours, a child's comforting glass of milk, and the dream…. Mermaids on the Golf Course 'One of the exhilarating effects of reading Highsmith's stories. The Animal Lover's Book of Beastly Murder 'Highsmith writes the verbal equivalent of a drug - easy to consume, darkly euphoric, totally addictive. Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes 'Master storyteller Highsmith offers an eerily up-to-date collection of modern horror tales' Publishers Weekly Patricia Highsmith, an American who lived Small G: A Summer Idyll: A Virago Modern Classic of her life in…. Nothing that Meets the Eye 'These tales should not be glanced at by those with even the slightest history of poor mental health. 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Small g: A Summer Idyll, Patricia Highsmith - Shop Online for Books in Australia Completed just months before Patricia Highsmith's death inSmall g explores the labyrinthine intricacies of passion, sexuality, and jealousy in a charming tale of love misdirected. At the 'small g', a Zurich bar known for its not exclusively gay clientele, the lives of a small community are played out one summer. Rickie Markwalder is a Small G: A Summer Idyll: A Virago Modern Classic whose lover Petey was brutally murdered. Rickie and his performing dog Lulu are regulars at the bar, as are vindictive Renate, a seamstress, and her teenage apprentice Luisa. Into their lives comes Teddie, impressionable and beautiful, and a catalyst for the series of events that will change everything. Patricia Highsmith's final novel is Small G: A Summer Idyll: A Virago Modern Classic intricate exploration of love and sexuality, the depths of spite and the triumph of human kindness. 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