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Author: Patricia Highsmith
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Genre: Crime Fiction
Released: 01 January, 1955
ISBN: 9780393332148

The Talented Mr Ripley

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Synopsis

A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, Ripley meets a wealthy industrialist who hires him to bring his playboy son, Dickie Greenleaf, back from gallivanting in Italy. Soon Ripley's fascination with Dickie's debonair lifestyle turns obsessive as he finds himself enraged by Dickie's ambivalent affections for Marge, a charming American dilettante. A dark reworking of Henry James's The Ambassadors, The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confidence man with a talent for murder and self-invention."Tom Ripley is one of the most interesting characters in world literature."—Anthony Minghella, director of The Talented Mr. Ripley.

About the author

Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.