When the Fleet was in at Mobile (Patricia Highsmith)

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When the Fleet was in at Mobile (Patricia Highsmith)

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Oct 28, 2020

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Patricia Highsmith was "the queen of unease," a Hitchcockian writer not of horror, but suspense and disquietude. Our heroes round out Spooktober discussing her best short story, "When the Fleet was in at Mobile." Happy Halloween!

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Oct 28, 2020

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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.

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When the Fleet was in at Mobile (Patricia Highsmith)

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