Ripley
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:4th Apr '24
Should be back in stock very soon
Charm is the perfect disguise
Tom Ripley is drifting through life in 1950s New York, a young man with quick wits, no prospects and a talent for imitation. When he’s sent to Italy to persuade a wealthy heir, Dickie Greenleaf, to return home, the trip feels like deliverance: sunlit villas, boats on the bay, and friendship with the kind of people who barely notice men like him.
But fascination becomes fixation. As Tom sinks further into Dickie’s world, he begins to see another version of himself reflected there: richer, freer, adored. Ripley soon discovers just how easy it is to erase one life and step into another.
‘The No. 1 Greatest Crime Writer’ The Times
‘Ripley … is a genuinely original creation’ Daily Telegraph
Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation * Daily Telegraph *
As haunting and harrowing a study of a schizophrenic murder as paper will bear. A glittering addition to the meagre ranks of people who make books that you really can't put down * Sunday Times *
Precisely plotted, stylishly written and kept alert by an icy wit. Streets ahead of the conventional thriller: a cool little classic of its kind * Evening Standard *
An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic * Spectator *
Beautifully escapist, utterly thrilling * Healthy, *Summer Reads of 2021* *
ISBN: 9781529940886
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm
Weight: 193g
272 pages