Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes

A shocking story collection "flush with satire, mischief and menace," (Harper's Bazaar) from Patricia Highsmith, the last published during her lifetime, with an original introduction by Wells Tower.

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Texas, raised in New York, and lived most of her adult life in Europe. Named the greatest crime writer of all time by The Times of London, she was the author of twenty-two novels and seven collections of stories.

Introduction	p. vii
The Mysterious Cemetery	p. 1
Moby Dick II; or The Missile Whale	p. 17
Operation Balsam; or Touch-Me-Not	p. 37
Nabuti: Warm Welcome to a UN Committee	p. 64
Sweet Freedom! And a Picnic on the White House Lawn	p. 84
Trouble at the Jade Towers	p. 106
Rent-a-Womb vs. the Mighty Right	p. 140
No End in Sight	p. 168
Sixtus VI, Pope of the Red Slipper	p. 187
President Buck Jones Rallies and Waves the Flag	p. 217
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Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes

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