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Short Works: Patricia Highsmith Stories: One For The Islands

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One For The Islands

Patricia Highsmith Stories

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One For The Islands by Patricia Highsmith. Dan’s voyage does not go as he planned it.

Dan believes the ship will stop at his island. But this is no ordinary ship. Read by Greta Scacchi.

While most people aboard the ship are heading for the mainland, Dan plans to disembark at a far island, where he can be alone. But this is no ordinary ship.

Read by Greta Scacchi.

Five tales by the celebrated American crime and psychological novelist and short story writer, Patricia Highsmith.

Patricia Highsmith was born in Texas in 1921-1995. She wrote eight collections of short stories and 22 novels, among them the five ‘Ripley’ novels for which she is perhaps best known. Her first, Strangers On A Train, was the basis for the eponymous Hitchcock film of 1951. She died in Switzerland in 1995.

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Short Works: Patricia Highsmith Stories

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A selection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith

A selection of short stories by the celebrated American crime and psychological novelist and short story writer, Patricia Highsmith.

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