{"product_id":"the-talented-mr-ripley-patricia-highsmith","title":"The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**AS SEEN ON \u003ci\u003eWRITE AROUND THE WORLD\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWITH RICHARD E GRANT\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'He is using you for what you are worth'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Ripley wants money, success, and the good life - and he's willing to kill for it. Struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors, and the law, Ripley leaps at the chance to start afresh on a free trip to Europe. But when his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first in Highsmith's classic series featuring the character of Tom Ripley. \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e also inspired the Academy Award-winning film starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePatricia Highsmith was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1921 but moved to new York when she was six. In her senior year she edited the college magazine, having decided to become a writer at the age of sixteen. Her first novel \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e, was made into a famous film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. Patricia Highsmith died in Locarno, Switzerland in 1995. Her last novel \u003ci\u003eSmall g: A Summer Idyll\u003c\/i\u003e was published posthumously just over a month later.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65805642400093,"sku":"K089144985","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8914498500001A.jpg?v=1788468597","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-talented-mr-ripley-patricia-highsmith","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}