 | This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. (September 2024) |
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Bill Richmond[1] |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ripliad |
| Genre | crime novel, psychological thriller |
| Publisher | Heinemann (UK) Lippincott & Crowell (US) |
Publication date | April 1980 (UK) May 1980 (US)[2] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp (first edition hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-434-33520-7 (first edition hardcover) |
| OCLC | 7004090 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3558.I366 B69 1980 |
| Preceded by | Ripley's Game |
| Followed by | Ripley 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.
- ^ Jones, Nick (14 May 2010). "Existential Ennui: Patricia Highsmith First Editions, Part 2".
- ^ "The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley, book 4) by Patricia Highsmith". www.fantasticfiction.co.uk.