num_pages: 249
description: Ripley wanted out. Wanted money, success - the good life. Was willing to kill for it.A haunting and harrowing study of a schizophrenic murderer. Arguably Patricia Highsmith's best book and certainly among the best crime novels written since the war.
language: English
title: The Talented Mr Ripley
titlecomplete: The Talented Mr Ripley
characters: Dickie Greenleaf, Freddie Miles, Marge Sherwood, Tom Ripley
genres: Fiction, Italy, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Crime, Suspense
ratings_count: 85263
places: Venice, Rome, Italy, New York City, New York, Italian Riviera, Mongibello
series: Ripley
awards: awardedAt: -410198400000
name: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
category: Romans étrangers, awardedAt: -441820800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Penguin