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Title: The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0-375-40792-8 Publisher: Everyman's Library Pub. Date: 12 October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: There`s an even better movie out there
Comment: I was a bit disappointed that everybody obviously watched the new remake of "The talented Mr.Ripley" with Matt Damon(which I didn`t find that good), but nobody mentioned the original movie from the early sixties with Alain Delon called "Plein soleil" which is available on amazon.com.
I read the first 4 Ripley sequels in the early eighties and liked "Ripley`s Game", "Ripley under Ground" and "The Boy who followed Ripley" the most of all 5 sequels. But the first one is necessary to read to understand the other volumes. But I never liked the first book as much as the others. Her style of writing matured in the seventies a lot and her books gave me lots of inspirations and tips where to go on vacation and what kind of classical music I could hear etcetera.
If you enjoyed the Matt Damon version with Tom Ripley, try "Plein soleil", you`ll like it even better! The actors, location and score/soundtrack are just divine!
Rating: 5
Summary: Buy This Book Instead...
Comment: Do not buy The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, and Ripley's Game as separate books. This volume has all three of these uncut. Having finished these three (plus The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water bought separately), I can honestly say that it was the best "Reading Month" of my life.
The first one differs from the movie significantly. I won't go into details, but I will say the film is inspired by the book rather than based on it. If you've seen the movie, enough said. It's a good picture, but the book is better.
Ripley Under Ground takes place, I think, six or ten years later. Ripley is older, married, mellower, but still has the talent to plan and scheme when someone threatens his phony Art Business he is running with a few associates.
Ripley's Game takes place a little later, I think, a few months later. Ripley is still cunning and manipulates a neighbor into committing murder for money. The neighbor 'insults' Ripley at a party and the game begins.
The only thing confusing about the Ripley novels is time. Highsmith writes around present day events that take place over a 36 year period, yet Ripley only seems to age 20 years if you place all five Ripley novels together. This is somewhat forgivable since the stories are page turners guaranteed to keep you spellbound for a month, as they did for me.
Rating: 4
Summary: A splendid triple treat edition worth owning
Comment: Coming to Ms Highsmith via Mr Hitchcock (Strangers on a Train, The American Friend) I was struck by the way in which the writer had me liking Mr Ripley and disliking most of the other characters in these stories, even though Mr Ripley is a liar, a murderer, a thief, a cold calculating fish who delights in deceit and undermining others, manipulating the world around him to suit his selfish ends - maybe he represents the child in us, a character who gives expression to the dark side of our nature by allowing us to live through his adventures. He is superior, snobbish and incredibly attentive to detail. His knowledge of the art world, of Europe as the civilised centre of the universe, and many other matters make him something of a gourmet, bon vivant, idler. The world is just a large play pen for him to indulge his urges, but at some considerable risk. Tremendously entertaining stories composed over a period of 20 years by Ms Highsmith in clear stylish English make them a pleasure to read. This excellent Everyman Edition provide these stories with a worthy home. A bargain.
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Title: The Boy Who Followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 067974567X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0679748091 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0393321983 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith by Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 0393020312 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Beautiful Shadow : A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson ISBN: 1582341982 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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