Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith Book

	Introduction	1
1	The forever seeking 1921 and before	11
2	Born under a sickly star 1921-1927	23
3	A house divided 1927-1933	33
4	Suppressions 1933-1938	46
5	The taste of freedom 1938-1940	63
6	A trail of unmade beds 1940-1942	77
7	The dungeon of thy self 1942-1943	90
8	A carefully nurtured bohemianism 1943-1945	103
9	The strange, subtle pluckings of terror 1945-1948	117
10	How I adore my Virginias 1945-1948	126
11	Yaddo, shadow--shadow, Yaddo! 1948	139
12	Instantly, I love her 1948-1949	151
13	Carol, in a thousand cities 1949-1951	160
14	Two identities: the victim and the murderer 1951-1953	173
15	Pat H, alias Ripley 1953-1955	186
16	Each Man is in His Spectres power 1955-1958	200
17	This sweet sickness 1958-1959	211
18	A lurking liking for those that flout the law 1959-1960	220
19	The ultra neurotic 1960-1962	229
20	A freedom from responsibility 1962-1964	243
21	Love was an outgoing thing 1964-1967	259
22	This shimmery void 1967-1968	275
23	The false, the fake and the counterfeit 1968-1969	289
24	An equal opportunity offender 1969-1970	299
25	Name: Ishmael 1970-1971	311
26	What are the odds of cat versus person? 1971-1973	327
27	The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot 1973-1976	340
28	Your kisses fill me with terror 1976-1978	356
29	A girl who allows me to dream 1978-1980	370
30	People who knock on the door 1980-1982	380
31	A strange interior world 1982-1983	390
32	Work is more fun than play 1983-1986	402
33	No end in sight 1986-1988	414
34	A face accustomed to its ghosts 1988	425
35	Art is not always healthy and why should it be? 1988-1992	436
36	I hesitate to make promises 1992-1995	447
	Epilogue	460
	Notes	466
	List of Illustrations	513
	Acknowledgements	514
	Index	519