Excerpt from The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith

The Price of Salt, or Carol

by Patricia Highsmith
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  • First Published:
  • Jan 1, 1952, 304 pages
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  • Jan 2015, 304 pages
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Excerpted from The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith. Copyright © 2004 by Patricia Highsmith. Excerpted by permission of W.W. Norton & Company. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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