The Talented Mr. Ripley - Softcover

Book 1 of 5: Ripley

Highsmith, Patricia

 
9780099283782: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Synopsis

Ripley wanted out. Wanted money, success - the good life. Was willing to kill for it. . . . . He is strugling to stay one step ahead of this creditors when a chance acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. Soon to be a Miramax film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett; adapted and directed by Anthony Minghella, who won nine Oscars for The English Patient. All the actors are Oscar nominated.

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About the Author

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.

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