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The Talented Mr Ripley

Now a major Netflix series
  • Author
    • Patricia Highsmith
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A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MATT DAMON, JUDE LAW AND GWYNETH PALTROW

One of the BBC's 100 Novels that shaped our world.

'An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic' THE TIMES

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

A BEAUTIFUL HARDBACK EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CRIME NOVELS EVER WRITTEN

Tom Ripley travels to Italy with a commission to coax a prodigal young American back to his wealthy father. But Ripley finds himself very fond of Dickie Greenleaf. He wants to be like him - exactly like him. Suave, agreeable and utterly amoral, Ripley will stop at nothing to accomplish his goal.

The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confident man, whose talent for murder and self-invention is chronicled in four subsequent Ripley novels.

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  • Published: Jun 04 2015
  • Pages: 352
  • 205 x 152mm
  • ISBN: 9780349006963
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Press Reviews

  • Sarah Waters

    I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley
  • The Times
    An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic
  • Daily Telegraph
    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
  • Gillian Flynn

    Wall Street Journal
    I love [Highsmith] so much . . . what a revelation her writing was
  • Hugh Montgomery

    BBC Culture
    Its story of a social-climbing con-man is more pertinent than ever
  • Sunday Times
    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
  • Evening Standard
    Precisely plotted, stylishly written and kept alert by an icy wit. Streets ahead of the conventional thriller: a cool little classic of its kind
  • Spectator
    An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic
  • Sarah Waters
    I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley
  • The Times
    An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic
  • Daily Telegraph
    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
  • Gillian Flynn

    Wall Street Journal
    I love [Highsmith] so much . . . what a revelation her writing was
  • Joanna Briscoe

    Independent
    The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read.
  • Independent
    The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read
  • Gillian Flynn

    Mail on Sunday
    I love that [Highsmith] makes this sociopath so completely charming that you're rooting for him