{"product_id":"the-black-house-0393326314","title":"The Black House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393326314\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Highsmith, Patricia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not-quite accidental.\" -John Gross, New York Times Book ReviewHorrific tragedy becomes disturbingly ordinary in The Black House, a masterful collection of short stories, written during a particularly dark time in Patricia Highsmith's life. As readers will discover, the work eerily evokes the warm familiarities of suburban life: the manicured lawns, the white picket fences, and the local pubs, each providing the backbone for her chilling portraits. Seemingly small indiscretions and infidelities-along with love affairs and murder-consume the characters that commit them. Cycles of destructive jealousy overwhelm the cheating protagonists of \"Blow It\" and \"When in Rome,\" and the title story explores small-town male camaraderie and the destructive secret it masks. This enthralling collection of eleven stories presents Highsmith at her finest: melancholy, suspenseful, and sizzling with a powerful awareness of human emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51856047112480,"sku":"NEW0393326314","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71xBi361AfL.jpg?v=1781545788","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-black-house-0393326314","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}