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This Sweet Sickness

A Virago Modern Classic
By Patricia Highsmith
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith follows David Kelsey, a man leading a double life fueled by unrequited love. He constructs intricate fantasies around his ideal life with Annabelle, a woman he's obsessed with, yet who is married to another man. As David's reality and delusions begin to blur, intricate and suspenseful events unfold.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to psychological thrillers that delve into obsession and the complexities of the human mind. It offers a gripping exploration of how desire can blur the lines of reality, providing a suspenseful narrative that keeps you guessing at every turn.

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This Sweet Sickness

From the bestselling author Patricia Highsmith comes a brilliantly gripping psychological thriller. Too much love can be a bad thing.

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BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' THE TIMES

'I love Highsmith so much . . . What a revelation her writing is' GILLIAN FLYNN

'Highsmith was every bit as deviant and quirky as her mischievous heroes' J. G. BALLARD, DAILY TELEGRAPH

This Sweet Sickness centres around David Kelsey, who is convinced that life will unfold exactly as he has envisioned it—if only he can resolve 'the situation'. His true love, the brilliant and beautiful Annabelle, has married another man. However, David maintains that they can still be friends.

Even though Annabelle is expecting a child with her husband Gerald, David is sure they will inevitably reunite. To him, her love is unwavering. Confident in this belief, he begins creating a life for them under a different name, crafting a perfect home in a nearby town.

Everything seems to be on course until events take a dire and murderous turn, leaving David a desperate man on the run.

Series: Virago Modern Classics

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This Sweet Sickness is often praised for its compelling, eerie narrative that anticipates themes in Patricia Highsmith's later works like The Talented Mr Ripley. The novel immerses readers in a claustrophobic and irrational world filled with suspense and apprehension. Highsmith is repeatedly acknowledged as a master of the suspense genre, celebrated for her unique and twisted storytelling.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349006284

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Virago Press Ltd

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Sarah Hilary

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 129.0mm

Weight: 224g

Pages: 320

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Patricia Highsmith Series: Virago Modern Classics

About the Author

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.

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