First published in 1953, The Blunderer is often hailed as Highsmith's finest novel, about the rise and fall of a faithful suburban husband who plots his wife's demise in fantasies gruesome and eerily serene.My suspicion is that when the dust has settled and when the chronicle of twentieth century American literature comes to be written, history will place Highsmith at the top of the pyramid, as we should place Dostoevsky at the top of the Russian hierarchy of novelistsAlmost unputdownable. Miss Highsmith writes about men like a spider writing about fliesHighsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing . . . bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the nightOne of the greatest modernist writersA second suspense story has much of the malevolent intensity of Strangers On A Train and the whim of circumstance does much to victimize Walter Stackhouse, a lawyer.Almost unputdownable. Miss Highsmith writes about men like a spider writing about flies.Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing ....bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the nightOne of the greatest modernist writersMy suspicion is that when the dust has settled and when the chronicle of 20th-century American literature comes to be written, history will place Highsmith at the top of the pyramid, as we should place Dostoevsky at the top of the Russian hierarchy of novelists