[HN Gopher] Patricia Highsmith was an enduring writer
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       Patricia Highsmith was an enduring writer
        
       Author : js2
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2021-01-21 07:48 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | dominicjj wrote:
       | She was gay, an alcoholic, suffered from lifelong clinical
       | depression and had a tough upbringing, not really a combination
       | that will produce an easy person given her times. But she gave us
       | Tom Ripley and, incredibly, made us root for him somehow. That's
       | a rare talent.
        
         | Hickfang wrote:
         | > She was gay, an alcoholic, suffered from lifelong clinical
         | depression and had a tough upbringing, not really a combination
         | that will produce an easy person given her times. But she gave
         | us Tom Ripley and, incredibly, made us root for him somehow.
         | That's a rare talent.
         | 
         | Isn't how that how most works of art are inspired?
        
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