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This Sweet Sickness

by Unknown Author

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256 pages1982Penguin (Non-Classics)ISBN 9780140034691
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)Married womenFictionFiction, psychologicalFiction, suspenseFiction, thrillers, generalFiction, general
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David Kelsey is a brilliant young scientist who lives in a cheap boarding house and lives a double life. Every weekend David leaves to spend time with his ailing mother in a nursing home – or at least that's what he tells everyone. In fact David's mother has been dead for years, and David spends his weekends posing as someone else in an effort to woo and win Annabelle, the girl who rejected him years ago. David won't take no for an answer, and hi obsession with Annabelle will drive him further and further into darkness and crime.

Publication Details

Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published
1982
Pages
256
ISBN
9780140034691

About Unknown Author

Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, *Strangers on a Train*, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel *The Talented Mr. Ripley* has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym **Claire Morgan**, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, *The Price of Salt*, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. **Source**: [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) on Wikipedia

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