Ripley's Game: 3 (A Ripley Novel, 3)
Highsmith, Patricia
ISBN 10: 0099283689 ISBN 13: 9780099283683
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Tom Ripley detested murder. Unless it was absolutely necessary. Wherever possible, he preferred someone else to do the dirty work. In this case someone with no criminal record, who would commit 'two simple murders' for a very generous fee.
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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Title: Ripley's Game: 3 (A Ripley Novel, 3)
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Soft cover
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