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Description

Now recognized as a masterwork, the scandalous novel that anticipated Nabokov's Lolita. "I have long had a theory that Nabokov knew The Price of Salt and modeled the climactic cross-country car chase in Lolita on Therese and Carol's frenzied bid for freedom," writes Terry Castle in ... read more

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First Sentence

The lunch hour in the co-workers' cafeteria at Frankenberg's had reached its peak.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Patricia Highsmith (Author)
  2. Claire Morgan
 

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