I'll start it off with my nomination - stretching our
Rainbow theme right off the bat. I using the LGBT connotations of the
Rainbow to nominate Patricia Highsmith's novel
The Price of Salt.
The novel is currently
available on Kindle for $.99 USD (though I do not vouch for the other pulp novel that is packaged with it).
From the description:
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Based on a true story plucked from Highsmith's own life, Carol tells the riveting drama of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose routine is forever shattered by a gorgeous epiphany—the appearance of Carol Aird, a customer who comes in to buy her daughter a Christmas toy. Therese begins to gravitate toward the alluring suburban housewife, who is trapped in a marriage as stultifying as Therese's job. They fall in love and set out across the United States, ensnared by society's confines and the imminent disapproval of others, yet propelled by their infatuation. Carol is a brilliantly written story that may surprise Highsmith fans and will delight those discovering her work.
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The novel was also adapted in 2015 for the
film Carol, directed by Todd Haynes.