The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
Ranked #50 in Italy, Ranked #55 in Crime Fiction — see more rankings.
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, Ripley becomes enamored of the moneyed world of his new friend, Dickie Greenleaf. This fondness turns obsessive when Ripley is sent to Italy to bring back his libertine pal but grows enraged by Dickie's ambivalent feelings for Marge, a... more
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Lucy Atkins What I adore about the book is how brilliantly she explores the idea of moral grey areas. (Source)
Simon Brett I think Ripley just set so many characters in motion because he was one of the first entirely amoral central figures, someone who commits appalling crimes and murders but you actually feel a kind of sympathy for. (Source)
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #89 in Crime
- #80 in Thriller Crime
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