The Boy Who Followed Ripley

Highsmith, Patricia

ISBN 10: 067974567X / ISBN 13: 9780679745679

Edité par Vintage, 1993

This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps. N° de réf. du vendeur DBV.067974567X.A

Synopsis :

New York . 21 cm. 291 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed. Detective and mystery stories .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 067974567X

Biographie de l'auteur: Patricia Highsmith (1921 – 1995) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up in New York. She was educated at the Julia Richmond High School in Manhattan and then at Columbia University, where she earned her B.A. in 1942. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), tells the story of a tennis player and a psychotic who meet on a train and agree to swap murders. The terrifying tale caught the attention of director Alfred Hitchcock, who, with Raymond Chandler, filmed it in 1951. Both the book and the resulting movie are considered to be classics of the crime genre. Highsmith’s subsequent novels, particularly five featuring the dashing forger/murderer Tom Ripley, have been vastly popular and critically acclaimed. In 1957 Highsmith won the coveted French Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere and in 1964 was awarded the Silver Dagger by the British Crime Writers Association. A reclusive person, Highsmith spent much of her life alone. She moved permanently to Europe in 1963 and spent her final years in an isolated house near Locarno on the Swiss-Italian border. Upon her death, Highsmith left three million dollars of her estate to Yaddo, the artist community in upstate New York.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Boy Who Followed Ripley
Éditeur : Vintage
Date d'édition : 1993
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : acceptable