The Talented Mr Ripley

By Patricia Highsmith

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With a string of creditors on his tail, conman Tom Ripley is quick to accept when an acquaintance’s father offers him an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe to track down his errant son, Dickie.

Ripley discovers that Dickie’s Italian lifestyle is just the sort he’d like for himself and, in a narrative that sees fantasy and reality begin to blur, goes to extreme lengths to secure his own happiness.