The Talented Mr Ripley
Published on 5. August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-09-928287-7 (ISBN)
Description
'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**
'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**
Reviews / Votes
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 * Beautifully escapist, utterly thrilling * Healthy, *Summer Reads of 2021* * Highsmith writes without judgement, letting the reader slowly piece together their own discomfort by observing his actions and responses. It's a perfect example of showing rather than telling * Scotsman * 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 *More details
Series
Edition
Neuausg
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
197 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-928287-7 (9780099282877)
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Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr Ripley
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02/2000
Vintage
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Person
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.