by Patricia Highsmith · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099282877
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«The Talented Mr. Ripley» is Patricia Highsmith's psychological suspense novel, published by Vintage in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Tom Ripley is a directionless young New Yorker who agrees to travel to Italy to persuade Dickie Greenleaf, son of an industrialist, to return home. His fascination with Dickie and his luxurious life drags him into a dangerous obsession, where identity and morality become blurred.
First novel in the Ripley series, originally published in 1955 and winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1957.
For readers of psychological thrillers and classic crime fiction who enjoy morally ambiguous characters.
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.
