Talented Mr Ripley

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Highsmith, Highsmith Patricia
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.08.1999
• EAN: 9780099282877
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928287-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Vintage Paperbacks; VINTAGE BOOKS; Tom Ripley; Vintage Paperbacks; Tom Ripley; A Ripley Novel; Mister Ripley / Mr Ripley / Tom Ripley
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; New York, Manhattan, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, c 1950 to c 1959, Crime and mystery fiction