Talented Mr Ripley
«Precisely plotted, stylishly written and kept alert by an icy wit. Streets ahead of the conventional thriller: a cool little classic of its kind»
Evening Standard
Tom Ripley travels to Italy with a commission to coax a prodigal young American back to his wealthy father. But Ripley finds himself very fond of Dickie Greenleaf. He wants to be like him - exactly like him. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Virago Press Ltd
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780349006963
- Utgivelsesår
- 2015
- Format
- 21 x 15 cm
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«Precisely plotted, stylishly written and kept alert by an icy wit. Streets ahead of the conventional thriller: a cool little classic of its kind»
Evening Standard
«An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic»
Spectator
«I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley»
Sarah Waters
«An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic»
The Times
«Ripley - amoral, hedonistic and charming - is a genuinely original creation. It is hard to imagine anyone interested in modern fiction who has not read the Ripley novels»
Daily Telegraph
«I love [Highsmith] so much . . . what a revelation her writing was»
Gillian Flynn, Wall Street Journal
«The Italian coastal scenes, beautiful cast and sense of summer languor that disguises evil impulses make this a disturbing but gorgeous read.»
Joanna Briscoe, Independent
«I love that [Highsmith] makes this sociopath so completely charming that you're rooting for him»
Mail on Sunday
«I'm a huge Highsmith fan. If there's one book I wish I'd written, it's The Talented Mr Ripley»
Sarah Waters
«As haunting and harrowing a study of a schizophrenic murder as paper will bear. A glittering addition to the meagre ranks of people who make books that you really can't put down»
Sunday Times
«Its story of a social-climbing con-man is more pertinent than ever»
Hugh Montgomery, BBC Culture