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Ripley Under Water is a 1991 psychological thriller by Patricia Highsmith, the last of five novels featuring Tom Ripley, "an intelligent, cultured gentleman who dabbles in art, music and, occasionally, murder". [1] Synopsis. Tom Ripley spends his days tending his garden and playing the harpsichord at his home near Fontainebleau.
- Patricia Highsmith
- 1991
Oct 3, 1991 · Tom Ripley, the notorious con artist and murderer, faces a new threat from his neighbors in this fifth installment of the Ripley series. Read the plot summary, book details, author biography, and reader reviews of this classic crime novel.
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Sep 17, 2008 · Ensconced on a French estate with a wealthy wife, a world-class art collection, and a past to hide, Ripley is threatened with exposure when an art forgery goes awry. Ripley relishes the opportunity to simultaneously repay an insult and help a friend commit a crime―and escape the doldrums of his idyllic retirement.
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- Patricia Highsmith
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Sep 17, 2008 · Ripley, who had murdered Murchison to prevent the exposure of an art forgery scheme and then dumped his body in a nearby canal, grows increasingly anxious and angry as Pritchard continues to harass him and begins dredging the local canals.
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Nov 2, 1993 · Ripley does, after all, have a few things to hide. When menacing coincidences begin to occur, a spiraling contest of sinister hints and mutual terrorism ensues, resulting in one of Patricia Highsmith's most elegantly harrowing novels to date.
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'Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing.' —Frank Rich, Ripley Under Water, Patricia Highsmith, 9780393333190
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Dec 10, 2020 · Ripley under water. by. Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. Publication date. 2005. Topics. Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character), Mörder -- Doppelleben -- Belletristische Darstellung, Doppelleben -- Mörder -- Belletristische Darstellung. Publisher.
