Ripley's Game - Couverture souple

Highsmith, Patricia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393332128 ISBN 13 : 9780393332124

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving comer of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime-forgery, extortion, serial murder-Ripley still finds his appetite unquenched and longs to get back in the game. In Ripley's Game, first published in 1974, Patricia Highsmith's classic chameleon relishes the opportunity to simultaneously repay an insult and help a friend commit a crime-and escape the doldrums of his idyllic retirement. This third novel in Highsmith's series is one of her most psychologically nuanced-particularly memorable for its dark, absurd humor-and was hailed by critics for its ability to manipulate the tropes of the genre. With the creation of Ripley, one of literature's most seductive sociopaths, Highsmith anticipated the likes of Norman Bates and Hannibal Lecter years before their appearance.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Highsmith has done it again. It seems to me she has reached a point where because

she knows exactly what she is about she cannot miss' The Times

Tom Ripley detested murder. Unless it was absolutely necessary. Wherever possible, he preferred someone else to do the dirty work. In this case, someone with no criminal record who could commit 'two simple murders' for a very generous fee.

'To call Patricia Highsmith a thriller writer is true but not the whole truth: her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability' Sunday Times

Revue de presse :

"To call Patricia Highsmith a thriller writer is true but not the whole truth: her books have stylistic texture, psychological depth, mesmeric readability" (Sunday Times)

"Highsmith has done it again. It seems to me she has reached a point where because she knows exactly what she is about she cannot miss" (The Times)

"It's hard to imagine anyone interested in modern fiction who has not read the Ripley novels" (Daily Telegraph)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393332128
• ISBN 13: 9780393332124
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288