{"product_id":"b08wjvzr44","title":"Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlung Out of Space  is a fictionalized graphic novel account of infamous author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing and obsession that would inspire her groundbreaking work of queer fiction,  The Price of Salt .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA  New York Times Book Review  100 Notable Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\nA  New York Times Book Review  Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\nNamed a Book We Loved by NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew York Times  bestselling author Grace Ellis and illustrator Hannah Templer have teamed up to tell Patricia Highsmith's story through her eyes—reimagining the events that inspired her to write  The Price of Salt , the book that would become a foundational piece of queer literature.  Flung Out of Space  opens with Pat begrudgingly writing low-brow comics. A drinker, a smoker, and a hater of life, Pat knows she can do better. Her brain churns with images of the great novel she could and should be writing, what will eventually be  Strangers on a Train , which would later be adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, Pat, a lesbian consumed with self-loathing, is in and out of conversion therapy, leaving a trail of sexual conquests and broken hearts in her wake. However, one of those very affairs—and a chance encounter in a department store—give Pat the idea for her soon-to-be beloved tale of homosexual love that was the first of its kind: It gave the lesbian protagonists a happy ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not just the story behind a classic queer book but also of a queer artist who was deeply flawed. It's a comic about what it was like to write comics in the 1950s, but also about what it means to be a writer at any time in history, struggling to find your voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Grace Ellis contextualizes Patricia Highsmith as both an unintentional queer icon  and  a figure whose problematic views and noted anti-Semitism have cemented her controversial legacy. Highsmith's life imitated her art with results as devastating as the plot twists that brought her fame and fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54224100262251,"sku":"YSL24916","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/81h-ue80biL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792817826","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b08wjvzr44","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}