The Glass Cell

The Glass Cell

<p>At last back in print, one of Patricia Highsmith's most disturbing works.</p><br>Rife with overtones of Dostoyevsky, <em>The Glass Cell</em>, first published forty years ago, combines a quintessential Highsmith mystery with a penetrating critique of the psychological devastation wrought by the prison system. Falsely convicted of fraud, the easygoing but naive Philip Carter is sentenced to six lonely, drug-ravaged years in prison. Upon his release, Carter is a more suspicious and violent man. For those around him, earning back his trust can mean the difference between life and death. <em>The Glass Cell</em>'s bleak and compelling portrait of daily prison life—and the consequences for those who live it—is, sadly, as relevant today as it was when the book was first published in 1964.