num_pages: 292
description: 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 protector.
language: English
title: The Boy Who Followed Ripley
titlecomplete: The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley, #4)
characters: Héloise Plïsson, Tom Ripley, Frank Pierson, John Pierson Jr., Madamme Annete, Reeves Minot, Eric Lanz
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, 20th Century, Classics, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Noir, American
ratings_count: 5291
places: Paris, Hamburg, Berlin
series: Ripley
publisher: Vintage Books