The Talented Mr Ripley (A Ripley Novel, 1) - Softcover

Buch 1 von 5: Ripley

Highsmith, Patricia

 
9780099282877: The Talented Mr Ripley (A Ripley Novel, 1)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0099282879 ISBN 13: 9780099282877
Verlag: Vintage, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times

'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph

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.

**One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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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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.

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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.

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Verlag
Vintage
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0099282879
ISBN 13 
9780099282877
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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