The Glass Cell
18 June 2004
Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Description
At last back in print, one of Patricia Highsmith's most disturbing works.
Rife with overtones of Dostoyevsky, The Glass Cell, first published forty years ago, combines a quintessential Highsmith mystery with a penetrating critique of the psychological devastation wrought by the prison system. Falsely convicted of fraud, the easygoing but naive Philip Carter is sentenced to six lonely, drug-ravaged years in prison. Upon his release, Carter is a more suspicious and violent man. For those around him, earning back his trust can mean the difference between life and death. The Glass Cell's bleak and compelling portrait of daily prison life—and the consequences for those who live it—is, sadly, as relevant today as it was when the book was first published in 1964.
Reviews
"[E]minently devourable.…the propulsive snap of Highsmith’s cool, unforgiving intellect is on almost every page." — Leah Greenblatt, New York Times Book Review
"There's a certain harsh power here that is compelling." — New York Times
"Patricia Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing...bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night." — The New Yorker
"The book is well made, well told." — Times Literary Supplement
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