The Talented Mr Ripley

'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times 'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

**AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT ** 'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times 'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph 'He is using you for what you are worth' Tom Ripley wants money, success, and the good life - and he's willing to kill for it. Struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors, and the law, Ripley leaps at the chance to start afresh on a free trip to Europe. But when his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. This is the first in Highsmith's classic series featuring the character of Tom Ripley. The Talented Mr Ripley also inspired the Academy Award-winning film starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law. One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.

'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times 'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

**AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT ** 'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times 'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph 'He is using you for what you are worth' Tom Ripley wants money, success, and the good life - and he's willing to kill for it. Struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors, and the law, Ripley leaps at the chance to start afresh on a free trip to Europe. But when his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. This is the first in Highsmith's classic series featuring the character of Tom Ripley. The Talented Mr Ripley also inspired the Academy Award-winning film starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law. One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.

Der junge und attraktive Tom Ripley schlägt sich mit kleineren Betrügereien durchs Leben, bis sich ihm die Möglichkeit bietet nach Italien zu reisen. Dort soll er den Sohn des reichen Herbert Greenleaf dazu überreden, wieder nach Hause zu kommen und die Firma zu übernehmen. Doch Tom denkt größer und stellt erfolgreich alles Mögliche an, um selber das Erbe von Dickie Greenleaf anzutreten. Liebevolle Nacherzählung des Klassikers von Patricia Highsmith. Audiodatei und digitale Ausgabe über Code im Buch verfügbar.

Der junge und attraktive Tom Ripley schlägt sich mit kleineren Betrügereien durchs Leben, bis sich ihm die Möglichkeit bietet nach Italien zu reisen. Dort soll er den Sohn des reichen Herbert Greenleaf dazu überreden, wieder nach Hause zu kommen und die Firma zu übernehmen. Doch Tom denkt größer und stellt erfolgreich alles Mögliche an, um selber das Erbe von Dickie Greenleaf anzutreten. Liebevolle Nacherzählung des Klassikers von Patricia Highsmith. Audiodatei und digitale Ausgabe über Code im Buch verfügbar.

Mit 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (1955) hat Patricia Highsmith dem Kriminalroman neue Dimensionen erschlossen: Im Mittelpunkt steht nicht der Detektiv, sondern der zweifache Mörder, aus dessen Sicht die Geschichte erzählt wird. Der Roman, der bei Millionen von Krimifans längst Klassiker- bzw. Kultstatus erreicht hat, wurde 1959 von René Clément (mit Alain Delon) und 1999 von Anthony Minghella (mit Matt Damon) verfilmt. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.

Mit 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (1955) hat Patricia Highsmith dem Kriminalroman neue Dimensionen erschlossen: Im Mittelpunkt steht nicht der Detektiv, sondern der zweifache Mörder, aus dessen Sicht die Geschichte erzählt wird. Der Roman, der bei Millionen von Krimifans längst Klassiker- bzw. Kultstatus erreicht hat, wurde 1959 von René Clément (mit Alain Delon) und 1999 von Anthony Minghella (mit Matt Damon) verfilmt. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.

It's here, in the first volume of Patricia Highsmith's five-book Ripley series, that we are introduced to the suave Tom Ripley, a young striver seeking to leave behind his past as an orphan bullied for being a "sissy." Newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan, Ripley meets a wealthy industrialist who hires him to bring his playboy son, Dickie Greenleaf, back from gallivanting in Italy. Soon Ripley's fascination with Dickie's debonair lifestyle turns obsessive as he finds himself enraged by Dickie's ambivalent affections for Marge, a charming American dilettante, and Ripley begins a deadly game. "Sinister and strangely alluring" (Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly) The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confidence man, whose talent for self-invention is as unnerving-and unnervingly revealing of the American psyche-as ever.

It's here, in the first volume of Patricia Highsmith's five-book Ripley series, that we are introduced to the suave Tom Ripley, a young striver seeking to leave behind his past as an orphan bullied for being a "sissy." Newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan, Ripley meets a wealthy industrialist who hires him to bring his playboy son, Dickie Greenleaf, back from gallivanting in Italy. Soon Ripley's fascination with Dickie's debonair lifestyle turns obsessive as he finds himself enraged by Dickie's ambivalent affections for Marge, a charming American dilettante, and Ripley begins a deadly game. "Sinister and strangely alluring" (Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly) The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confidence man, whose talent for self-invention is as unnerving-and unnervingly revealing of the American psyche-as ever.