by Patricia Highsmith · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582448391
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«The Talented Mr. Ripley» is the suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Pearson Education Limited in paperback (96 pages, in English).
Tom Ripley is barely getting by in New York, hounded by debts, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and the chance to start over. His new happiness is soon threatened, and the story becomes a disturbing tale of ambition and crime, with a protagonist who will do anything to keep what he has.
This edition belongs to Patricia Highsmith's Ripley series, of which it is the first installment, and to the Penguin Readers Level 5 collection, designed for students of English. The original novel was published in 1955.
Aimed at upper-intermediate students of English who want to approach a classic of suspense in graded reading.
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.
