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Brief Encounters: “Where the Door Is Always Open and the Welcome Mat Is Out” by Patricia Highsmith

January 25, 2021June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

The American author’s fiction is too frequently placed in a generic box; her output was much more wide ranging, including pieces like this atypical story.

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