The Talented Mr Ripley

Patricia Highsmith (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

1999
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-928287-7 (ISBN)

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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.

'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**

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.8.1999
Reihe/Serie	A Ripley Novel
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 196 mm
Gewicht	193 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-09-928287-9 / 0099282879
ISBN-13	978-0-09-928287-7 / 9780099282877
Zustand	Neuware