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  1. Mermaids on the Golf Course
    Mermaids on the Golf Course
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    A Rare Benedictine (Brother Cadfael Mysteries (Hardcover))
  3. Hell Gate
    Hell Gate
  4. Death Penalties: A Luke Abbott Mystery
    Death Penalties: A Luke Abbott Mystery
  5. The Body in Blackwater Bay
    The Body in Blackwater Bay
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    Twenty Blue Devils
  7. Mamur Zapt & the Men Behind
    Mamur Zapt & the Men Behind
  8. Fair Game
    Fair Game
  9. To the End
    To the End
  10. What's the Worst That Could Happen? (Dortmunder Novels (Hardcover))
    What's the Worst That Could Happen? (Dortmunder Novels (Hardcover))
  11. The Ax
    The Ax
  12. The Hook
    The Hook
  13. Return to the Same City
    Return to the Same City
  14. Cases
    Cases
  15. Nasty Breaks
    Nasty Breaks
  16. Musclebound
    Musclebound
  17. El Bronx
    El Bronx
  18. Citizen Sidel
    Citizen Sidel
  19. The Dollmaker's Daughters
    The Dollmaker's Daughters
  20. One More River
    One More River
  21. Suspense
    Suspense
  22. Time to Depart
    Time to Depart
  23. A Fatal Glass of Beer
    A Fatal Glass of Beer
  24. Masked Dancers
    Masked Dancers
  25. Death of a Scriptwriter
    Death of a Scriptwriter
Mermaids on the Golf Course: Stories
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • unremarkable stories by the remarkable Highsmith...
 Mermaids on the Golf Course: Stories
Patricia Highsmith
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0393324567

Book Description

The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this work that reveals the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life.

The stories collected in Mermaids on the Golf Course are among Highsmith's most mature, psychologically penetrating works. As in the title story, in which a man's brush with death endows his everyday desires with tragic consequences, the warm familiarities of middle-class life become the eerie setting for Highsmith's chilling portrayals of violence, secrecy, and madness.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars unremarkable stories by the remarkable Highsmith..........2006-01-11

'Mermaids on the Golf Course' is a disparate collection of stories which really lack the notable elements found in Patricia Highsmith's novels, ... particularly suspense and psychological deconstruction of central characters. These short stories are mostly mild character studies of lonely people. However the key short story, entitled 'Mermaids on the Golf Course', is rather clever and bizarre. Not a classic, but certainly memorable.


Bottom line: a collection of uninspired stories. Not recommended.
Sirenas En El Campo De Golf/Mermaids on the Golf Course
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    		Sirenas En El Campo De Golf/Mermaids on the Golf Course
    Patricia Highsmith
    Manufacturer: Editorial Anagrama
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 8433930656
    MERMAIDS On The GOLF COURSE And Other Stories.
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      		MERMAIDS On The GOLF COURSE And Other Stories.
      Patricia. Highsmith
      Manufacturer: Heinemann,
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover
      ASIN: B000MZ72RC
      Mermaids on the Golf Course
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        		Mermaids on the Golf Course
        Patricia Highsmith
        Manufacturer: NY : Penzler Books (1988)
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Hardcover
        ASIN: B000NWA7J4

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