The Talented Mr Ripley - A Virago Modern Classic

A stunning hardback edition of one of the most influential, groundbreaking crime novels ever written. 'I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley ' Sarah Waters 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 confidence man, whose talent for murder and self-invention is chronicled in four subsequent Ripley novels.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.

Zusammenfassung

The Talented Mr Ripley is one of the most influential, groundbreaking crime novels in the twentieth century. To mark the novel's 60th anniversary, we are adding it to the VMC Designer Hardback series.

Bericht

The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read Independent

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Patricia Highsmith
• Mitarbeit: John Sutherland (Einführung)
• Verlag: Virago Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780349006963
• ISBN: 978-0-349-00696-3
• Seiten: 352
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 205 mm x 30 mm
• Serien: VMC; VMC Designer Collection; VMC; Virago modern classics; VMC Designer Collection; Mister Ripley / Mr Ripley / Tom Ripley
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; FICTION / General, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery fiction