“I absolutely loved this novel.
After slogging through How German Is It? by Walter Abish I felt I had suffered enough for a while and decided to read a captivating thriller. This book fit the bill.
I first heard about this on an NPR piece last August about novels featuring Americans abroad.
This entertaining story about a sociopath who the reader is surprisingly drawn to was written in 1955. It is funny that I found myself actually rooting for, and worrying about this serial killer.
I have not seen the movie but since Matt Damon was on the cover of my edition I envisioned him as Ripley. I have given this book to my wife, highly recommended, and we will rent the movie once she has finished it.
Most highly recommended.”
moik wrote this review Sunday, December 28 2008.
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