The Talented Mr. Ripley, (Paperback)

from rainpebble

The Talented Mr Ripley is about a man who attempts to take over the identity of one of his friends. The whole thing goes squirrelly on him and he ends up murdering his friend. In attempting to get out of that, he must commit another one. So he portrays himself and his friend to different people a...

from nigeyb

This is the second time I have read this book. The first was in 2000, and was inspired by the 1999 film adaptation directed by Anthony Minghella. Sufficient time had elapsed for me to have forgotten most of the detail of both the book and the film. I think this resulted in me enjoying it even mor...

from dcunning11235

I saw this movie maybe 15 years ago, I think in the theater, and had a co-worker give me an extended (and unwanted) literary breakdown of it, and Patricia Highsmith, a couple of years after that. I think that kept me from reading this until now (the second part, not the movie.) :)Overall, I like ...

from rainpebble

The Talented Mr Ripley is about a man who attempts to take over the identity of one of his friends. The whole thing goes squirrelly on him and he ends up murdering his friend. In attempting to get out of that, he must commit another one. So he portrays himself and his friend to different people a...

from Katie_H

This is a wonderful suspense novel; I loved it! Tom Ripley is a pathetic young man, with few obvious opportunities ahead of him. Not surprisingly, he jumps at the chance to travel all expenses paid to Italy in order to convince an old school acquaintance, Dickie Greenleaf, to return to the states...