{"product_id":"flung-out-of-space","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\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\u003eThis is not just the story behind a classic queer book but also 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\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.\u003cbr\u003eThe updated paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eFlung Out of Space\u003c\/i\u003e includes sixteen pages of bonus content with in-depth visual development materials and a teaching guide.","brand":"ABRAMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42663717732388,"sku":"9781419744341","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781419744341.jpg?v=1778616111","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/flung-out-of-space","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}