SUMMARY: 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 hes willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threate
The Talented Mr Ripley
โ Scribed by Highsmith, Patricia
- Book ID
- 107229684
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- UND
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY: 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 hes willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking.The psychopathic Ripley has been portrayed on screen by actors as diverse as John Malkovich, Alain Delon and Dennis Hopper. But in the recent stylish film adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley Matt Damon took the title role, alongside Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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SUMMARY: 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 hes willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threate
"Tom Ripley is one of the most interesting characters in world literature."--Anthony Minghella, director of _?The Talented Mr. Ripley_ Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath. Here, in this first Ripley novel, we are introduced to suave Tom Ripley, a young
SUMMARY: 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 hes willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threate
One of the great crime novels of the 20th century, Patricia Highsmith's _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ is a blend of the narrative subtlety of Henry James and the self-reflexive irony of Vladimir Nabokov. Like the best modernist fiction, _Ripley_ works on two levels. First, it is the story of a young man