A review by pbraue13
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson

2.0

Similar to the book I read on Jackie Susann this year, this biography, with all the authors access to diaries, books, etc. , the author is barely able to pierce and flesh out the human being it was talking about. It felt like the author was listing or reporting the face value facts. I did learn some new things, but the author didn’t make these facts exciting to learn. There was no poetry to the writing. He made Highsmith out to be a glum person all her life and while that may have been true I have read books about glum authors (I.e. Shirley Jackson) and the authors still managed to make their lives interesting and absorbing.