by Patricia Highsmith · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433902993
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«El talento de Mr. Ripley» is the crime novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Anagrama Editorial in paperback (286 pages, in Spanish).
An American millionaire commissions Tom Ripley, a young man of uncertain means, to travel to Italy to persuade his son Dickie Greenleaf, settled into a bohemian life, to come home. In his dealings with Dickie and his friend Marge, Ripley is drawn into an increasingly ambiguous relationship, where admiration and deceit mix.
El talento de Mr. Ripley is the first installment of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley series; the work was originally published in 1955 under the title The Talented Mr. Ripley.
A work for readers of crime fiction and psychological suspense seeking a classic story with a morally ambiguous protagonist.
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.
