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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 .
Take Tom Ripley, the “suave, agreeable, and utterly amoral” conman protagonist of her 1955 thriller The Talented Mr Ripley, who lies, cheats and murders his way around Europe – and somehow ...
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.
Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) [1] was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly five decades ...
“The other characters that Tom is speaking to are living in their reality, but it’s not necessarily Tom’s reality. So figuring out where everyone’s narratives diverge and intersect — it ...
The new Netflix series “Ripley,” based on the first of author Patricia Highsmith’s five books about Tom Ripley is a hit, and has fans asking questions.
Thomas C. Ripley (1807–1897), United States Representative from New York Tom Ripley , a fictional character in the series of crime novels by Patricia Highsmith Thomas Ripley (1791–1852), English merchant, in whose memory Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy 's predecessor institution was founded
Tom's underworld connection, Reeves Minot, furnishes a new passport for Frank, and they travel to West Berlin. During a walk in the Grunewald, Frank is kidnapped. Ripley coordinates the Piersons' $2 million ransom with the help of a private detective. Instead of delivering the money, Ripley impulsively kills one of the kidnappers.