HIGHSMITH, Patricia.
The Talented Mr. Ripley.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1955.
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First Edition of The Talented Mr. Ripley; Signed by Patricia Highsmith
First edition of the first book in the author's acclaimed Ripley series, basis for the film starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Patricia Highsmith on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light shelfwear. An exceptional example, most rare in the condition and signed.
The Talented Mr. Ripley, published in 1955, introduced Patricia Highsmith’s most famous creation, Tom Ripley, the charming and utterly amoral con man and murderer who would return in four further novels. Highsmith is consistently ranked among the greatest of all suspense writers, and her achievement with Ripley was to hold the heroic American dreamer and the sociopath in perfect balance within a single character, keeping the reader disquietingly on his side long after his behavior turns monstrous. The novel was memorably adapted for the screen in 1999 by Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The Talented Mr. Ripley.
$22,000.00
In Stock
