Carol by Patricia Highsmith Science Fiction where women are trained to

where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men

A big part of the book’s charm is its self-consciousness…

routine eye surgery reveals the beast within to a meek housewife

intense and ultimately tragic love affairs of our time

deeply authentic

Carol by Patricia Highsmith Science Fiction where women are trained to"A great American writerHighsmith's writing is wickedit puts a spell on you." Entertainment Weekly Patricia Highsmith's story of romantic obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely unrecognized, novels of the twentieth century. First published in 1952 and touted as "the novel of a love that society forbids," the book soon became a cult classic. Based on a true story plucked from Highsmith's own life, The Price of Salt (or Carol)