{"product_id":"flung-out-of-space-1","title":"Flung Out of Space","description":"\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.\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 \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.","brand":"ABRAMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664502165540,"sku":"9781419744334","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781419744334.jpg?v=1777359643","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/flung-out-of-space-1","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}