Ripley′s Game - Softcover

Highsmith, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393332128 ISBN 13: 9780393332124

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving comer of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime-forgery, extortion, serial murder-Ripley still finds his appetite unquenched and longs to get back in the game. In Ripley's Game, first published in 1974, Patricia Highsmith's classic chameleon relishes the opportunity to simultaneously repay an insult and help a friend commit a crime-and escape the doldrums of his idyllic retirement. This third novel in Highsmith's series is one of her most psychologically nuanced-particularly memorable for its dark, absurd humor-and was hailed by critics for its ability to manipulate the tropes of the genre. With the creation of Ripley, one of literature's most seductive sociopaths, Highsmith anticipated the likes of Norman Bates and Hannibal Lecter years before their appearance.

About this title

Review:

"For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith."

Book Description:

Following the huge success of Anthony Mingella's 1999 film The Talented Mr Ripley, the eagerly anticipated film of Ripley's Game is released in October 2002. The star cast includes John Malkovitch, Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393332128
• ISBN 13: 9780393332124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288