The Boy Who Followed Ripley - Softcover

Highsmith, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039333211X ISBN 13: 9780393332117

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

"Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing." ―Frank Rich

The Boy Who Followed Ripley, the fourth novel in the Ripley series, is one of Patricia Highsmith's darkest and most twisted creations. Tom Ripley meets a young American runaway who has a dark secret that he is desperate to hide. Soon this unlikely pair is drawn into the seamy underworld of Berlin and a shocking kidnapping. In this masterful thriller, Highsmith shatters our perceptions of her most famous creation by letting us glimpse a more compassionate side of this amoral charmer.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

In this quietly terrifying exploration of trust and friendship, a troubled young runaway arrives in Villeperce. And when, on the boy's behalf, Tom Ripley is drawn from his lovely estate in the French countryside to Berlin's seamy underworld and into a kidnapping plot that requires the most bizarre methods--and sinister acumen--for intervention, the icily amoral Ripley is transformed into a generous and compassionate projector.

About the Author:

Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt, The Blunderer and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 039333211X
• ISBN 13: 9780393332117
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348