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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... read more

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It was 3:35 p.m., Tuesday afternoon, in the State Penitentiary, and the inmates were returning from the workshops.

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  1. Patricia Highsmith (Author)

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