'Eleven' by Patricia Highsmith
2021 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of my favourite authors, Patricia Highsmith. Best known for 'Strangers on a Train' and the five Tom Ripley books, her work has often been introduced to new generations through film adaptations. I discovered her via the 1999 Antony Minghella film 'The Talented Mister Ripley', and was hooked from that moment on - an atypical instance of a film doing justice to a novel. While too many of her works are currently out of print, I did manage to get hold of an ebook version of her short story collection 'Eleven'. But was is worth the effort?
