"She had told [...] that the car belonged to the friend for whom she was waiting. And gradually, [...] that Carol wanted to go to New Mexico." High- smith, "The Price Of Salt" (1952). First published under a pseudonym, Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt" (1952) is recognized as being the first "lesbian pulp" with a happy ending; the novel doesn't conclude with the death or heterosexual marriage of either... see more