Steph Post is the author of
A Tree Born Crooked (2014) and
Lightwood (2017) as well as a short story writer, reader, teacher and dog lover (among many other things...). At LitReactor she tagged ten classic (and perhaps not so classic) road trip books, including:
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Perhaps better known as Carol, the title used for the film version of the novel, Highsmith's account of two women falling in love and then taking to the road for a chance at freedom is both prosaic and page-turning. The second half of the novel is filled with twisting highways, seedy motels and roadside diners, perfectly combining romance, crime fiction and the allure of the road trip.
Read about
the other books on the list.
The Price of Salt is among
B&N Reads' twenty top book-to-film adaptations of 2015 and
Carmela Ciuraru's top ten great books written by pseudonymous authors.
--Marshal Zeringue
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