by Patricia Highsmith · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433930071
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«La máscara de Ripley» is the suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardback (256 pages, in Spanish).
Tom Ripley, the ambiguous protagonist of «A pleno sol», leads a peaceful life near Paris until the Buckmaster Gallery asks him for help with Derwatt, a painter secluded in Mexico whose works are rising in price. When an American collector doubts that his painting is authentic, Ripley devises a plan to protect his reputation.
Second instalment of the Tom Ripley series. The original novel is «Ripley Under Ground» (1970) and the translation is by Jordi Beltrán.
For readers of crime fiction and psychological suspense, with an ambiguous protagonist and a plot of impostures around art.
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.
