Ripley's Game: The third novel in the iconic RIPLEY series - now a major Netflix show
Feb 2014 · Hachette UK
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Discover the third novel in the iconic, mesmerising RIPLEY series - now a major Netflix series starring Andrew Scott.
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'Highsmith constructs her plot with masterly finesse' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability' SUNDAY TIMES
'One of the greatest modernist writers' GORE VIDAL
'There's no such thing as a perfect murder . . . That's just a parlour game, trying to dream one up.'
Living on his French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving chancer of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime, he tires of his idyllic retirement. Highsmith's chameleon longs to get back in the game, so when a friend needs a favour, he relishes the opportunity. Tom Ripley detests murder. Unless it is absolutely necessary. Wherever possible, he prefers someone else to do the dirty work. In this case, someone with no criminal record who can be manipulated to commit 'two simple murders' for a very generous fee.
Ripley's Game is followed by The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water
'The No. 1 Greatest Crime Writer' THE TIMES
***
'Highsmith constructs her plot with masterly finesse' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability' SUNDAY TIMES
'One of the greatest modernist writers' GORE VIDAL
'There's no such thing as a perfect murder . . . That's just a parlour game, trying to dream one up.'
Living on his French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving chancer of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime, he tires of his idyllic retirement. Highsmith's chameleon longs to get back in the game, so when a friend needs a favour, he relishes the opportunity. Tom Ripley detests murder. Unless it is absolutely necessary. Wherever possible, he prefers someone else to do the dirty work. In this case, someone with no criminal record who can be manipulated to commit 'two simple murders' for a very generous fee.
Ripley's Game is followed by The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water
'The No. 1 Greatest Crime Writer' THE TIMES
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March 14, 2016
This one no different. Great character portraits.
About the author
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.
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