Changes to The Talented Mr. Ripley (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Patricia Highsmith

Added a quotation: “'Marge and I are fine,' Dickie snapped in a way that shut Tom out from them. 'Another thing I want to say, but clearly,' he said, looking at Tom, 'I'm not queer. I don't know if you have the idea that I am or not.' 'Queer?' Tom smiled faintly. 'I never thought you were queer.' Dickie started to say something else, and didn't. He straightened up, the ribs showing in his dark chest. 'Well, Marge thinks you are.' 'Why?' Tom felt the blood go out of his face. He kicked off Dickie's second shoe feebly, and set the pair in the closet. 'Why should she? What've I ever done?' He felt faint. Nobody had ever said it outright to him, not in this way. "It's just the way you act,' Dickie said in a growling tone, and went out the door.”

Tom glanced behind him and saw the man coming out of the Green Cage, heading his way.

Shelfari edited the description of The Talented Mr. Ripley (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Friday, July 31 2009.

Like a hero in a latter-day Henry James novel, 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. Turning the mystery form inside out, Highsmith shows the terrifying abilities afforded to a man unhindered by the concept of evil.

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