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The Talented Mr Ripley - VMC (Hardback)
Patricia Highsmith (author), John Sutherland (author of introduction)Published: 04/06/2015
Tom Ripley, charming yet petulant, reckless yet calculating, is one of the great literary anti-heroes, and his shocking actions across the jet-set Europe of the 1950s have thrilled and appalled millions of voracious readers.
A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MATT DAMON, JUDE LAW AND GWYNETH PALTROW
One of the BBC's 100 Novels that shaped our world.
A BEAUTIFUL HARDBACK EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CRIME NOVELS EVER WRITTEN
Tom Ripley travels to Italy with a commission to coax a prodigal young American back to his wealthy father. But Ripley finds himself very fond of Dickie Greenleaf. He wants to be like him - exactly like him. Suave, agreeable and utterly amoral, Ripley will stop at nothing to accomplish his goal.
The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confident man, whose talent for murder and self-invention is chronicled in four subsequent Ripley novels.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349006963
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 497 g
Dimensions: 205 x 152 x 30 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read - Independent
An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic - The Times
I love that [Highsmith] makes this sociopath so completely charming that you're rooting for him - Mail on Sunday
Ripley - amoral, hedonistic and charming - is a genuinely original creation. It is hard to imagine anyone interested in modern fiction who has not read the Ripley novels - Daily Telegraph
I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley - Sarah Waters
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
I love [Highsmith] so much . . . what a revelation her writing was - Gillian Flynn, Wall Street Journal
Its story of a social-climbing con-man is more pertinent than ever - Hugh Montgomery, BBC Culture
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
I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley - Sarah Waters
The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read. - Joanna Briscoe, Independent
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