Ep. 68 Deep Water

“There wasn’t a word for the way he felt about Melinda, for that
combination of loathing and devotion.” Hosts John Cribbs &
Christopher Funderburg discuss Patricia Highsmith’s 1957 novel,
Deep Water, a cruel and curious marital thriller about a
shamelessly philandering housewife and the seemingly meek husband
who not only puts up with her affairs but invites her paramours
into their home. Highsmith’s 5th novel might be her masterpiece;
the writing combines the author’s cutting psychological insights
with a slow-burning plot organized around capricious lies and
equally capricious murders. It’s the story of slugs, a small press
specializing in poetry, and when an unwillingness to address
domestic strife becomes a kind of dangerous psychosis. The Pink
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twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea
for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”