by Patricia Highsmith · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422623984
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«El amigo americano (El juego de Ripley)» is the psychological suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback.
Tom Ripley, manipulative and morally ambiguous, crosses the path of Jonathan Trevanny, an honest and gentle man, by involving him in a criminal assignment. From there, the novel revolves around deceit and moral limits, with suspense sustained by the strange complicity between two very different characters.
Third instalment of the Tom Ripley series. Originally published as Ripley's Game in 1974 and shortlisted for the CWA Silver Dagger.
For readers of crime fiction, thriller and suspense who enjoy ambiguous characters and plots of psychological manipulation.
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.
