{"product_id":"eleven-patricia-highsmith-paperback","title":"Eleven -- Patricia Highsmith, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Patricia Highsmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\" H x 5.6\" L x 1.1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780802145307\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51745149976875,"sku":"9780802145307","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780802145307.jpg?v=1768786772","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/eleven-patricia-highsmith-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}