by Patricia Highsmith · Pearson Elt · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781405882507
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«Ripley's Game» is a level 5 graded reader from Penguin Readers, by Patricia Highsmith, published by Pearson Elt in paperback (104 pages, in English).
At a party, Tom Ripley is insulted by a stranger; months later, a friend asks him for help committing two murders, and Ripley turns the request into a personal revenge. The game he starts endangers the life of a sick, innocent man, and raises the question of how far he is willing to go.
Third book in Patricia Highsmith's Ripley series; the original novel dates from 1974. This 2008 edition is adapted by Kathy Burke.
Aimed at students of English as a foreign language who practise with graded readers.
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.
