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The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder (Hardcover)

by Patricia Highsmith (Author) "They call me Chorus Girl-shouts of "Chorus Girl" go up when I stand and swing my left leg, then my right, and so on..." (more)
Key Phrases: other camels, Chorus Girl, Hotel Duke, Palazzo Cecchini (more...)
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Grisly and atmospheric, these are perfectly nasty little tales told by an acknowledged mistress of the form ( Little Tales of Mysogyny. Whether it's Eddie, the Capuchin monkey, annoyed at the petty thief who employs him, or Djemal, the camel, getting back at a cruel driver, Highsmith's creatures are intelligent, vengeful and bloodthirsty. Even the aged Baron, a pampered and sophisticated city dog with worn-down teeth, finds a way of settling the score with the human he dislikes. Tales are told of a truffle-hunting pig, a ferret, a goat who gives rides in an amusement park, a sleek Siamese cat, chickens raised on an automated farm and an extended family of hamstersall sympathetically, but never sentimentally, portrayed. The stories feature small worlds of animal amorality in which the sweet taste of revenge leaves no aftertaste of guilt. It's a rich offering, best sampled in small bites.
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Joan Smith, Los Angeles Times
[Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner and Camus. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 229 pages
  • Publisher: Penzler Books (November 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0892961716
  • ISBN-13: 978-0892961719
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