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HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA. Small g: A Summer Idyll. Norton. Jun. 2004. c.320p. ISDN 0-393-05923-5. $24.95. F
Completed shortly before Highsmith's death in 1995, her final novel opens with the assault and murder of Rickie Markwalder's boyfriend, Pete, near Zurich on a January night. No one is apprehended, and Rickie is heartbroken and angry amid a swirl of nasty rumors started by local dress maker Renate, a homophobe with a club foot. Jump ahead to the summer: Rickie has begun to move on with his life, throwing himself into his advertising and design work and resuming his daily visits to Jakob's, a pub/restaurant that is the village hub (travel guides mark it with a small G …