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The Talented Mr Ripley
  • Published: 15 October 1999
  • ISBN: 9780099282877
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.99

The Talented Mr Ripley

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20 July 2021
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15 Oct 1999
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27 Aug 2024
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'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' - The Times


'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times
'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph
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.

**One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
  • Published: 15 October 1999
  • ISBN: 9780099282877
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.99
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About the author

Patricia Highsmith

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.

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Praise for The Talented Mr Ripley

Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation

Daily Telegraph

As haunting and harrowing a study of a schizophrenic murder as paper will bear. A glittering addition to the meagre ranks of people who make books that you really can't put down

Sunday Times

Precisely plotted, stylishly written and kept alert by an icy wit. Streets ahead of the conventional thriller: a cool little classic of its kind

Evening Standard

An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic

Spectator

Beautifully escapist, utterly thrilling

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Highsmith writes without judgement, letting the reader slowly piece together their own discomfort by observing his actions and responses. It’s a perfect example of showing rather than telling

Scotsman

Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation

Daily Telegraph

As haunting and harrowing a study of a schizophrenic murder as paper will bear. A glittering addition to the meagre ranks of people who make books that you really can't put down

Sunday Times

Precisely plotted, stylishly written and kept alert by an icy wit. Streets ahead of the conventional thriller: a cool little classic of its kind

Evening Standard

An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic

Spectator