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The Boy Who Followed Ripley
First edition (UK)
AuthorPatricia Highsmith
Cover artistBill Richmond[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRipliad
Genrecrime novel, psychological thriller
PublisherHeinemann (UK) &
Lippincott & Crowell (US)
Publication date
April 1980 (UK)
May 1980 (US)[2]
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages288 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-434-33520-7 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC7004090
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3558.I366 B69 1980
Preceded byRipley's Game 
Followed byRipley Under Water 

The Boy Who Followed Ripley is a 1980 psychological thriller by Patricia Highsmith, the fourth in her series about career criminal Tom Ripley. In this book, Ripley continues living quietly on his French estate, Belle Ombre, only obliquely involved in criminal activity. His idyll is shaken when he meets a teenaged boy who is hiding from the police.

  1. ^ Jones, Nick (14 May 2010). "Existential Ennui: Patricia Highsmith First Editions, Part 2".
  2. ^ "The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley, book 4) by Patricia Highsmith". www.fantasticfiction.co.uk.

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