Talented Mr. Ripley (Heroes & Villains) (Vintage Heroes & Villians) - Softcover

Highsmith, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784873772 ISBN 13: 9781784873776

Publisher: Vintage Classics, 2018

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Vintage Heroes & Villains: A lineup of literature's most dastardly, devilish and daring characters

From the Back Cover:

Three classic crime novels by a master of the macabre - The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, and Ripley's Game - appear here together in hardcover for the first time. Suave, agreeable, and completely amoral, Patricia Highsmith's hero, the inimitable Tom Ripley, stops at nothing - not even murder - to accomplish his goals. In achieving the opulent life that he was denied as a child, Ripley shows himself to be a master of illusion and manipulation and a disturbingly sympathetic combination of genius and psychopath. Sent on a mission to Italy to coax an irresponsible young playboy back to his wealthy father in America, Ripley finds himself so fond of the young man that he sets out to be like him - exactly like him. The precarious charade that ensues is the first step to a life of elegance and ease - and perpetual danger. As she leads us through the mesmerizing tangle of Ripley's deadly and sinister games, Highsmith turns the mystery genre inside out and takes us into the mind of a man utterly indifferent to evil.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1784873772
• ISBN 13: 9781784873776
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 272