The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr Ripley is one of the most influential, groundbreaking crime novels in the twentieth century. To mark the novel's 60th anniversary, we are adding it to the VMC Designer Hardback series.
The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read * Independent *
An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic * The Times *
I love that [Highsmith] makes this sociopath so completely charming that you're rooting for him * Mail on Sunday *
Ripley - amoral, hedonistic and charming - is a genuinely original creationIt is hard to imagine anyone interested in modern fiction who has not read the Ripley novels * Daily Telegraph *
I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley -- Sarah Waters
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 *
I love [Highsmith] so much . . . what a revelation her writing was -- Gillian Flynn * Wall Street Journal *
Its story of a social-climbing con-man is more pertinent than ever -- Hugh Montgomery * BBC Culture *
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 *
I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley * Sarah Waters *
An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic * The Times *
Ripley - amoral, hedonistic and charming - is a genuinely original creation. It is hard to imagine anyone interested in modern fiction who has not read the Ripley novels * Daily Telegraph *
I love [Highsmith] so much . . . what a revelation her writing was -- Gillian Flynn * Wall Street Journal *
The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read. -- Joanna Briscoe * Independent *
An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic * The Times *
I love that [Highsmith] makes this sociopath so completely charming that you're rooting for him * Mail on Sunday *
Ripley - amoral, hedonistic and charming - is a genuinely original creationIt is hard to imagine anyone interested in modern fiction who has not read the Ripley novels * Daily Telegraph *
I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley -- Sarah Waters
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 *
I love [Highsmith] so much . . . what a revelation her writing was -- Gillian Flynn * Wall Street Journal *
Its story of a social-climbing con-man is more pertinent than ever -- Hugh Montgomery * BBC Culture *
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 *
I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley * Sarah Waters *
An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic * The Times *
Ripley - amoral, hedonistic and charming - is a genuinely original creation. It is hard to imagine anyone interested in modern fiction who has not read the Ripley novels * Daily Telegraph *
I love [Highsmith] so much . . . what a revelation her writing was -- Gillian Flynn * Wall Street Journal *
The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read. -- Joanna Briscoe * Independent *
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to New York when she was six. In her senior year, she edited the college magazine, having decided at the age of sixteen to become a writer. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), was made into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955), introduced the fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley, and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1999 by Anthony Minghella. Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland, in February 1995. Her last novel, Small g: A Summer Idyll, was published posthumously, the same year.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780349006963 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349006962 |
| Title | The Talented Mr Ripley |
| Author | Patricia Highsmith |
| Series | Vmc |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2015-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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