{"product_id":"flung-out-of-space-inspired-by-the-indecent-adventures-of-patricia-highsmith-graphic-novel-mature-csaitm196680","title":"Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith Graphic Novel (Mature)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Price of Salt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFlung Out of Space \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Price of Salt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and an examination of its notorious author, Patricia Highsmith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFlung Out of Space\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— which would later be adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Grace Ellis contextualizes Patricia Highsmith as both an unintentional queer icon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ABRAMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57604682645668,"sku":"CSAITM196680","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/1025\/9388\/files\/196680.jpg?v=1793561587","url":"https:\/\/dreamersbmore.com\/products\/flung-out-of-space-inspired-by-the-indecent-adventures-of-patricia-highsmith-graphic-novel-mature-csaitm196680","provider":"Dreamers \u0026 Make-Believers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}