The talented Mr. Ripley
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, [1955-].
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 21 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction | MYSTERY HIGHSM 2008 | Checked Out | May 7, 2024 |
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction | MYSTERY HIGHSM 1992 | Checked Out | May 6, 2024 |
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction | MYSTERY HIGHSM 2008 | Checked Out | May 6, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, [1955-].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
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Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, 1955.
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In order to convince his son to come home, Herbert Greenleaf, a rich shipbuilder, sends the suave con man Tom Ripley to Italy, but is unaware of his son's friend's criminal activities.
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Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath. Here, in this first Ripley novel, we are introduced to suave Tom Ripley, a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, 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. A dark reworking of Henry James's The Ambassadors, The Talented Mr. Ripley serves as an unforgettable introduction to this smooth confidence man, whose talent for murder and self-invention is chronicled in four subsequent Ripley novels.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Highsmith, P. (1955). The talented Mr. Ripley . Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. 1955. The Talented Mr. Ripley. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. The Talented Mr. Ripley Vintage Books, 1955.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Highsmith, Patricia. The Talented Mr. Ripley Vintage Books, 1955.
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