The story tells of a down-and-out young man named Tom Ripley, who is sent by a wealthy man to persuade his son, Dickie, who is wandering abroad, to return home and inherit the family business. However, Tom ends up killing Dickie and impersonating him to steal his inheritance.Rather than calling this a detective novel, it would be more accurate to call it a crime novel. Yet, the villain is not brought to justice, and the entire narrative revolves around the criminal, Tom.Spoiler Alert!Reading son...

In The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith exercises an immense talent for making the reader immersed in the inner world of cold and insecure psychopath, making Tom Ripley one of the literature's most famous antiheroes. In very clear, similar to Heminway’s, straightforward, ”no word being wasted prose”, she builds a bit of unrealistic, but engaging story of a troubled criminal very subtly, making you relate with someone who is deeply psychologically disturbed. More than one reviewer from my ...

4,5 ⭐

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“There was a wooden walk that led half across the beach, which Tom knew must be hot as hell to walk on, because everybody was lying on a towel or something else, but he took his shoes off anyway and stood for a moment on the hot wood, calmly surveying the groups of people near him. None of the people looked like Richard, and the shimmering heat waves kept him from making out the people very far away. Tom put one foot out on the sand and drew it back. Then he took a deep breath, raced down the re...

Well, I seem to have a thing for spoiled rich brats like Sebastian Flyte and Dickie Greenleaf, who have much in common. Including that the actors who portrayed their film versions were so very handsome. And then there's Tom Ripley. In the same way I should feel repulsed by my attraction to Zac Efron in his portrayal of Ted Bundy, I should probably feel repulsed by my attraction to Tom Ripley. But I don't--he can take me out boating any day. Oh, the Talented Ms Highsmith! Unlike in the movie vers...

I'm giving this novel 5 big stars because while I was reading I was not in my apartment trying to isolate from Covid-19, but in Italy involved in all sorts of crime and deception and trying to stay one step ahead of suspicious friends and the police. I was able to pick up some pointers if I ever sink low enough to do what Tom Ripley did, but I doubt that will ever happen. It was a lot of fun to read about though, complete with moments of panic, pounding heart, and cold chills. This was my first ...

One of the most chilling characters in literature I have ever encountered. Tom Ripley is all the more horrifying because of his total lack of empathy; someone who has looked into the abyss and thinks nothing of pushing others into it while laughing. The 'grandaddy' of all serial killers in popular culture.

Two reviews in one. First, the supercilious parody :Tom : Oh Dickie, that shirt is so gorgeous. It’s so you. Where did you get it?Dick : You’re not a fairy are you?Tom: No! The very idea!Dick: Well then, I got it from a divine little boutique near La Fontana della Barcaccia in Piazza di Spagna. We should go there tomorrow.Tom : Oh Dickie, let’s. Marge (soliloquy) : Dick is just the handsomest American 25 year old trust fund baby in all of Italy. Or this part of it, anyway. Sigh. I love him so mu...

Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.” ― Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley Highsmith is amazing. She alludes to Henry James, plays with Nabokovian style, James Cain's dialogue, and blends it all with a Camus-like modern existentialism. Plus, the goddess walked around with snails in her purse. Face it, pretenders, 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' is an amazing psychological crime novel. This is one of those books which should be ...

UN FALSO QUALCUNO PIUTTOSTO CHE UN AUTENTICO NESSUNO ”Plein soleil-Delitto in pieno sole” di René Clément, 1960: Ripley è Alain Delon, l’amico Greenleaf è Maurice Ronet, la sua ragazza Marie Laforêt.New York anni Cinquanta. Tom Ripley sbarca il lunario tra furtarelli e truffe. Un giorno conosce un ricco industriale che gli propone di pagarlo per andare a recuperare il figlio in Italia, Dickie Greenleaf.Dickie si è insediato sulla costiera amalfitana, a Mongibello, paesello d’invenzione. Tra spia...