John Gross
''The Black House'' brings together 11 Highsmith short stories. Only four or five feature an outright crime, the kind you get arrested for; the others take place in a border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not quite accidental. What almost all of them have in common is a high degree of tension, and a seemingly impassive style that in fact plays insidiously on the reader's nerves. . . . Her short stories represent a relatively minor part of her achievement; but within their limits they are almost always compelling, as they are here. -- New York Times
''The Black House'' brings together 11 Highsmith short stories. Only four or five feature an outright crime, the kind you get arrested for; the others take place in a border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not quite accidental. What almost all of them have in common is a high degree of tension, and a seemingly impassive style that in fact plays insidiously on the reader's nerves. . . . Her short stories represent a relatively minor part of her achievement; but within their limits they are almost always compelling, as they are here. -- New York Times
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Hardback Editions
March 1988 : Hardback
| Title: Black House Author(s): Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0-89296-227-5 / 978-0-89296-227-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Penzler Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 1988 : Hardback
| Title: Black House Author(s): Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0-89296-375-1 / 978-0-89296-375-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Mysterious Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 1982 : Hardback
| Title: The Black House and Other Stories Author(s): Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0-14-006147-9 / 978-0-14-006147-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 1981 : Hardback
| Title: Black House and Other Stories Author(s): Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0-434-33518-5 / 978-0-434-33518-3 (UK edition) Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Black House Author(s): Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0-7475-7935-0 / 978-0-7475-7935-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Black House Author(s): Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0-393-32631-4 / 978-0-393-32631-4 (USA edition) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 1989 : Paperback
| Title: The Black House Author(s): Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0-89296-963-6 / 978-0-89296-963-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Mysterious Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1988 : Paperback
| Title: THE BLACK HOUSE Author(s): Patricia Highsmith Publisher: Publisher Unknown Availability: Amazon More details... |
1982 : Paperback
| Title: The Black House Author(s): Patricia Highsmith Publisher: Penquin Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1981 : Paperback
| Title: The Black House Author(s): Highsmith Patricia Publisher: Heinemann Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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