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The Talented Mr.Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
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Description for The Talented Mr.Ripley
Paperback. Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times
'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph
Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over.
Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking.
**One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099282877
SKU
9780099282877
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99-9
About Patricia Highsmith
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Talented Mr.Ripley
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more