The Talented Mr. Ripley

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Ripley wanted out. Wanted money, success - the good life. Was willing to kill for it.'As haunting and harrowing a study of a schizophrenic murderer as paper will bear. A glittering addition to the meagre ranks of people who make books that you really can't put down' - Sunday TimesArguably Patricia Highsmith's best book, The Talented Mr Ripley is certainly among the dozen best crime novels written since the war.