by Patricia Highsmith · Círculo de Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422615132
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«A pleno sol» is the psychological suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (285 pages, in Spanish).
Tom Ripley, a young New Yorker with no resources, travels to Italy with the task of convincing Dickie Greenleaf, an acquaintance from a wealthy family, to come home. Ripley's growing fascination with Dickie's lifestyle leads to a dangerous obsession, in a setting of Italian coasts, shifting identities and contained tensions.
First instalment of the Ripley saga, originally published in English as The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955). This 1983 Spanish edition is a translation by Jordi Bertrán.
For readers of psychological suspense and crime fiction, and for those who want to discover the origin of the character Tom Ripley or his film adaptations.
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.
