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Tom Ripley is a fictional character in the Ripley series of crime novels by American novelist Patricia Highsmith, as well as several film adaptations. He is a psychopathic career criminal, con artist , and serial killer .
Patricia Highsmith on The Talented Mr Ripley. Ripley is a clever, vicious social climber with a talent for impersonation, who is able to finagle his way into the confidences of the rich.
Tom Ripley is a young man struggling to make a living in New York City by any and all means, including a series of small-time confidence scams.One day, he is approached by shipping magnate Herbert Greenleaf to travel to "Mongibello" (based on the resort town Positano), in Italy, to persuade Greenleaf's errant son, Dickie, to return to the United States and join the family business.
Ripley, the test mannequin aboard the first International Space Station Dragon 2 space test flight Crew Dragon Demo-1 Ellen Ripley , a fictional character from the Alien sci-fi–horror franchise Tom Ripley , a fictional character in a series of crime novels by Patricia Highsmith and their adaptations
Andrew Scott transforms into the ultimate con man, Tom Ripley, in Netflix’s limited series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” — but he still found human ...
The new Netflix series “Ripley,” based on the first of author Patricia Highsmith’s five books about Tom Ripley (1955’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley”), is a riveting watch — even if you ...
According to Michael Dirda, Ripley Under Ground considers authenticity, and the difference between appearance and reality. As Ripley admires a pair of Derwatt paintings on his walls, he actually comes to prefer the forgery over the genuine artwork. Dirda notes, "Fakery, though, suffuses every page of Ripley Under Ground. Tom pretends to be Derwatt.
Tom Ripley, first introduced in Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley," is one of the most notable characters in fiction. The 1955 thriller and four subsequent novels inspired several film adaptations: