{"product_id":"eleven-paperback-3","title":"Eleven - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Highsmith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGraham Greene\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort stories of suspense by the author of \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e-\"a brilliant collection\" with a foreword by Graham Greene (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster of tension Patricia Highsmith is best known for her novels of ever-increasing suspense, but she is equally adept at the short story, where \"she is after the quick kill rather than the slow encirclement of the reader.\" \u003ci\u003eEleven \u003c\/i\u003eis Highsmith's first collection of short stories--dark masterpieces of obsession and foreboding, violence and instability (Graham Greene, from the foreword).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, naturalists meet gruesome ends and unhinged heroes disturb our sympathies; simple cases of murder turn out to be something even more sinister, and the cruelties of childhood come to unsettling life. This is a captivating, important collection from \"one of the truly brilliant short-story writers of the twentieth century\" (Otto Penzler).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Highsmith\u003c\/b\u003e (1921-1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as numerous short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53054350688480,"sku":"9780802145307","price":19.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/Ixwy7V20Lh9780802145307.webp?v=1781295936","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/eleven-paperback-3","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}