by Patricia Highsmith · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679742296
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«The Talented Mr. Ripley» is the suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Vintage Books in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Tom Ripley, a young man without scruples, travels to Italy with the task of convincing Dickie Greenleaf, a millionaire's son, to return home; his fascination with Dickie leads him to a dangerous obsession in which he does not hesitate to cross moral boundaries to become him.
First installment of Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series; the novel was originally published in 1955.
For readers of suspense, crime fiction, and classics with morally ambiguous characters.
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.
