{"product_id":"flung-out-of-space-inspired-by-the-indecent-adventures-of-patricia-highsmith-9781419744334","title":"Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Price of Salt \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlung Out of Space \u003c\/i\u003eis both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e, and an examination of its notorious author, Patricia Highsmith\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eVeteran comics creators Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer have teamed up to tell this story through Highsmith's eyes--reimagining the events that inspired her to write the story that would become a foundational piece of queer literature. \u003ci\u003eFlung Out of Space\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e-- which would later be adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is not just the story behind a classic queer book, but 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Author Grace Ellis contextualizes Patricia Highsmith as both an unintentional queer icon \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Comicarts - Surely\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419744334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grace Ellis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574509150389,"sku":"9781419744334","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ba7eb3ff-2b71-4399-bffb-5e6a05cb1a66.jpg?v=1643695275","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/flung-out-of-space-inspired-by-the-indecent-adventures-of-patricia-highsmith-9781419744334","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}