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The Talented Mr. Ripley is a novel by Patricia Highsmith, published in 1955. This novel first introduced the character of Tom Ripley, who would return in the novels Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Underwater. Image File history File links PatriciaHighsmith_TheTalentedMrRipley. ...
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers. ...
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The Ripliad is a name given to the series of five books based around the exploits of Thomas Ripley. ...
Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ...
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Ripley Under Ground is the second of the Ripliad by Patricia Highsmith. ...
A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ...
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers. ...
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See also: 1954 in literature, other events of 1955, 1956 in literature, list of years in literature. ...
Thomas Ripley is the name of a literary character, and also the name of an English architect. ...
Ripley Under Ground is the second of the Ripliad by Patricia Highsmith. ...
Ripleys Game is the third novel in Patricia Highsmiths Tom Ripley series (the Ripliad), written in 1974. ...
In the fourth book of Patricia Highsmiths Ripliad, Tom Ripley continues living quietly in Belle Ombre, only obliquely involved in criminal activity, via the Derwatt art business, sales of the fakes from which he is now attempting to suppress; and via occasional jobs for his dubious British contact Reeves...
Ripley Under Water is the final in Patricia Highsmiths series of 5 books known as the Ripliad. ...
Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Tom Ripley is a young man struggling to make a living in New York City, with no prospects but with a talent to survive by doing whatever is required. When approached by the wealthy Herbert Greenleaf to travel to Italy to persuade Greenleaf's errant son, Dickie, to return to the United States and assume his responsibilities, Ripley sees this as an opportunity. Shortly after his arrival in Italy, he meets Greenleaf and his girlfriend Marge Sherwood, and quickly insinuates himself into their lives. Over time, however, Marge becomes suspicious of Tom, and Dickie begins to tire of Tom, possibly resenting Ripley's constant presence and growing dependence. Ripley's own feelings are complicated by his desire to maintain the new wealthy lifestyle Greenleaf has afforded him, and by his growing attraction to Greenleaf. Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ...
As a gesture of kindness to Tom, Dickie agrees to travel with him on a short holiday to San Remo. The two hire a small boat, and Ripley murders Greenleaf onboard, then sinking the boat containing the body.
Tom assumes Greenleaf's identity, carefully providing communications to Marge to assure her that Greenleaf has merely deserted her while living off Greenleaf's allowance. Freddie Miles, an old friend of Dickie, visits Tom at what he supposes to be Dickie's apartment in Rome. He is immediately suspicious of Ripley and suspects something is wrong. The confrontation results in Ripley murdering Freddie. Ripley's existence becomes a cat and mouse game with the Italian police with Ripley managing to keep himself safe by restoring his own identity and moving to Venice. In succession, Marge, Greenleaf's father and an American private detective confront Ripley. He contemplates murdering Marge, but when he finally realises that they have accepted his story, changes his mind. The story concludes with Ripley travelling to Greece. However, on arrival in Greece, he discovers that the Greenleaf family have accepted that Dickie Greenleaf is dead and have also accepted Tom's right to inherit Dickie's fortune, according to a will forged by Tom on Dickie's Hermes typewriter. While the book thus ends with Tom happily rich, it also suggests that he may forever be dogged by paranoia; in one of the final paragraphs, he nervously envisions a group of police officers waiting to arrest him. Highsmith leaves her character pondering whether or not "he was going to see policemen waiting for him on every pier that he ever approached."
Awards and nominations The novel won an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Patricia Highsmith. The Edgar Allen Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ...
The Mystery Writers of America are an organization for mystery writers. ...
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