by Patricia Highsmith · Planeta DeAgostini · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439592945
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«El talento de Mr. Ripley» is the psychological suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Planeta DeAgostini in hardcover (286 pages, in Spanish).
Tom Ripley, amoral and unsettling, accepts a millionaire's request: travel to Italy to convince his son Dickie, settled into a bohemian life, to come home. There he joins Dickie and his friend Marge, and their relationship turns murky and obsessive until a disconcerting outcome. Suspense and psychological analysis combine.
First installment of the Ripley series, originally published as 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' in 1955. Translation by Jordi Beltrán. Winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (1957).
For readers who want to discover the origin of the Ripley series, within crime fiction and psychological suspense.
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.
