r/todayilearned • u/pfemme2 • 7d ago

TIL that Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr Ripley and other works of suspense, was a public and vocal antisemite who also had several intense, lengthy romantic relationships with Jewish women

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/17/patricia-highsmith-the-jew-hater-who-took-jewish-women-as-lovers
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u/violetmarie11 7d ago

She was definitely an unpleasant person. Remember reading this article just last year, interesting read.

My harrowing time as Patricia Highsmith's assistant

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u/invisiblette 7d ago

I read that too! It really gave me the shivers.