The Talented Mr Ripley

The Talented Mr Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 272pg
15 Apr 2021 UK
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9781784876760
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Reissued to mark the centenary of Patricia Highsmith and the upcoming BBC adaption, Ripley, these beautiful new editions mark Highsmith' s entry into Vintage Classics' The No. 1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times' Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph' He is using you for what you are worth' Tom Ripley wants money, success, and the good life - and he' s willing to kill for it. Struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors, and the law, Ripley leaps at the chance to start afresh on a free trip to Europe. But when his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. This is the first in Highsmith' s classic series featuring the character of Tom Ripley. The Talented Mr Ripley also inspired the Academy Award-winning film starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law. One of the BBC' s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.
Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation * Daily Telegraph * As haunting and harrowing a study of a schizophrenic murder as paper will bear. A glittering addition to the meagre ranks of people who make books that you really can' t put down * Sunday Times * Precisely plotted, stylishly written and kept alert by an icy wit. Streets ahead of the conventional thriller: a cool little classic of its kind * Evening Standard * An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic * Spectator *
Patricia Highsmith was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1921 but moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year she edited the college magazine, having decided to become a writer at the age of sixteen. Her first novel Strangers on a Train was made into a famous film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. Patricia Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland in 1995. Her last novel Small g- A Summer Idyll was published posthumously just over a month later.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781784876760
Published: 15 Apr 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 219g
Pages: 272

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