Patricia Highsmith’s Uncommon Empathy for Animals

“The Animal-Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder” is a perfect book of short stories for vegans who enjoy a dark thrill

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Patricia Highsmith, the novelist best known for creating the diabolically charming character Tom Ripley, was a notorious misanthrope. An editor once characterized her as “a horrible human…