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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Three classic crime novels by a master of the macabre appear here together in hardcover for the first time. Suave, agreeable, and completely amoral, Patricia Highsmith's hero, the inimitable Tom Ripley, stops at nothing--not even murder-- to accomplish his... read more
Books in This Collection
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith (Author)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...
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Ripley Under Ground
by Patricia Highsmith (Author)Tom Ripley has a lovely house in the French countryside, a beautiful and very rich wife, and an art collection worthy of a connoisseur. But this gracious life has not come easily; it is based on murder, forgery, and smuggling, and could topple...
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Ripley's Game
by Patricia Highsmith (Author)Connoisseur of art, harpsichord aficionado, gardener extraordinaire, and genius of improvisational murder, the inimitable Tom Ripley finds his complacency shaken when he is scorned at a posh gala. While an ordinary psychopath might repay the...
Characters/People edit
- Toni Ripley: Add a description of this character.
- Tom Ripley
- Jonathan Trevanny
- Bernard
- Dickie Greenleaf
- Reeves
- Mrs. Murchison
- Marge
- Heloise
- Thomas Ripley
- Jeff
- Simone
- Freddie Miles
- Annette
- Chris
- Georges
- Webster
- Mccarron
- Gauthier
- Richard
- Dr. Perrier
- Cynthia
- Signor Greenleaf
- Marcangelo
- Fritz
- Rudolf
- M. Murchison
- Bob
- M. Tome
- Karl
- Wister
- Dottie
- Alan
- Cleo
- Peter
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- Alfa-romeo
- London
- Fontainebleau
- Salzburg
- Naples
- Hamburg
- Greece
- Mongibello
- San Remo
- Rue De France
- Venice
- America
- New York
- Mexico
- Italy
- Europe
- Munich
- England
- Villeperce
- Athens
- Germany
- Amsterdam
- Palermo
- Cannes
- States
- Belle Ombre
- Sicily
- Switzerland
- Nemours
- Melun
- Majorca
- Strassburg
- Milan
- Giorgio
- Boston
- Rue St. Merry
- Chantilly
- Chesterfield
- Frankfurt
- Dickic
- Ascona
- Florence
- Ugo
- Piraeus
- Princeton
- Crete
- Austria
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Everyman's 100 Essentials. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patricia Highsmith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0375407928
Page Count: 880
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0375407928
Page Count: 880
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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