{"product_id":"highsmith-patricia-the-black-house-9780393326314","title":"The Black House","description":"Horrific 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.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53601111605590,"sku":"9780393326314-G","price":14.69,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780393326314_1.jpg?v=1778528977","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/highsmith-patricia-the-black-house-9780393326314","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}