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Synopsis
From the eerily outlandish to the dark and brutal, Eleven presents a gallery of bizarre characters, each driven by strange unspoken urges, whose cumulative effect is at least as unsettling as any of Highsmith's previous novels.
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About the Author
Patricia Highsmith was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1921. Her first novel, Strangers On A Train, was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley, published in 1955, was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Scroll by the Mystery Writers of America and introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, who was to appear in many of her later crime novels. Patricia Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously just over a month later.
Review
What is striking about these stories is their integrity: they are all of a piece; they grow, with that tensed-spring inevitability of the unfolding rose observed by elapsed-time photography; together they are a brilliant collection.” The Sunday Times (London)
The mood of nagging apprehension is consistent, skillfully underplayed so that just the right amount of chill is induced with an economy of means.” J. R. Frankes, The New York Times Book Review
Highsmith is the poet of apprehension rather than fear. . . . In her short stories Highsmith naturally has to adopt a different method. She is after the quick kill rather than the slow encirclement of the reader, and how admirably and with what field-craft she hunts us down.” Graham Greene
Highsmith’s genius is in presenting fantasy’s paradox: successes are not what they seem . . . Where in the traditional fairy tale the heroine turns the toad into a prince, in Highsmith’s fable the prince becomes a toad success is nearly always fatal. . . . Combining the best features of the suspense genre with the best of existential fiction a reflection the stories are fabulous, in all senses of that word.” Paul Theroux
"A brilliant collection.” The Sunday Times (UK)
One of the truly brilliant short-story writers of the 20th century.” Otto Penzler
"She’s sui generis, a writer of almost occult power.” Richard Rayner, Los Angeles Times
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- PublisherHeinemann
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 043433510X
- ISBN 13 9780434335107
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages194
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Eleven
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William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1970
ISBN 10: 043433510X
ISBN 13: 9780434335107
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1970. First British Edition. Octavo (20.5cm);[xii],194pp. Illustrated dust jacket with 30s £1.5p net price intact; boards in reddish-plum cloth with silver lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with light rubbing along edges and some smudging to surface and down joints, with title lettering faded on spine. Small (unsticky) adhesive square to verso over spine from previously-attached mylar. Boards are sturdy and clean; spine a bit cocked with nudging at tail. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Highsmith's first short story collection, published in the U.S. as The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories. Seller Inventory # 31668
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ELEVEN
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Hardcover. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 194 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with black and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "30s / £1.50p / net." Age toning to dust jacket. Mild general shelf wear to boards. Foxing to edges of textblock. Mild age toning throughout interior. Shelved in Hardcover Mystery. 1395670. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1395670
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ELEVEN: SHORT STORIES .
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Octavo, boards. First British edition. Published earlier the same year in the U.S. by Doubleday as THE SNAIL-WATCHER AND OTHER STORIES. Scarce collection of masterful tales of psychological horror including the nasty "The Snail-Watcher" and the Edgar nominated "The Terrapin" by Patricia Highsmith which is influenced by her love-hate relationship with her mother. "In this volume of strange and often disturbing tales, Highsmith demonstrates her skill as a short-story writer." "This is a first-rate collection that will make you want to read more of Highsmith's short fiction ." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 360-1. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 93. Barron, ed., Fantasy and Horror 6-168. Hubin (1994), p. 400. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with price clipped and publisher's later price sticker. (#141789). Seller Inventory # 141789
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Condition: Fine. ~ First UK edition. Originally published in the US in the same year under the title «The Snail-Watcher and other stories» ~ Ribbed paper covered boards in a dust jacket with an author portrait by Jerry Bauer in the back cover and protected with a transparent removable covering ~ 194p ~ 21x14x2cm. ~ A Fine copy with a clipped dust jacket ~ LANGUAGE: English // We accept PayPal & EU bank transfer in EUROS //. Seller Inventory # 11068B
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