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One of the great crime novels of the 20th century, Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley is a blend of the narrative subtlety of Henry James and the self-reflexive irony of Vladimir Nabokov. Like the best modernist fiction, Ripley works on two levels. First, it is the story of a young man, Tom Ripley, whose nihilistic tendencies lead him on a deadly passage across Europe. On another level, the novel is a commentary on fictionmaking and techniques of narrative persuasion. Like Humbert Humb...
- Binding Paperback
- Author/s Highsmith, Patricia
- ISBN13 9780099282877
- ISBN10 0099282879
- Published 2000
- Language English
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The Talented Mr.Ripley
- By
- Patricia Highsmith
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- Vintage (2000)
- 9780099282877
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