The Talented Mr. Ripley

By Patricia Highsmith

Subjects: Criminals, Italy, fiction, Novela policiaca norteamericana, Psychopaths, Serial murders, fiction, Deception, Literary collections, Motion picture plays, Fiction, American literature, Fiction, psychological, Novela norteamericana, Murder, Ripley (fictitious character), fiction, Ripley, tom (fictitious character), fiction, Talented Mr. Ripley (Motion picture), Americans, Tom Ripley (Fictitious character), Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, American Detective and mystery stories, Serial murderers, Fiction, thrillers, general, Drama, France, fiction, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Criminals, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, American, Roman policier américain, Great britain, fiction

Description: The first of the acclaimed Ripley novels, this clever psychological thriller introduces the reader to Tom Ripley and his extraordinary modus operandi. Accepting a commission from a wealthy businessman to travel to Italy in an attempt to convince his wayward son to return to the United States, Ripley gradually develops a plan to assume the young man’s identity along with his bank account.