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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".
- Patricia Highsmith
- 1991
Oct 3, 1991 · Ripley Under Water. Patricia Highsmith. 3.79. 5,302 ratings348 reviews. Tom Ripley passes his leisured days at his French country estate tending the dahlias, practicing the harpsichord, and enjoying the company of his lovely wife, Heloise. Never mind the bloodstains on the basement floor.
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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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- W. W. Norton & Company
Sep 17, 2008 · Highsmith's fifth Ripley novel, and her first since The Boy Who Followed Ripley ( LJ 5/1/80. o.p.), finds the sophisticated and amoral American expatriate being harassed by David Pritchard, a fellow American whose boorishness marks him as something of Ripley's alter-ego.
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Feb 6, 2014 · With the chilling, knife-edged subtlety that is her trademark, Highsmith ( Strangers on a Train ; Ripley's Game ) details the civilized life pursued by her sociopath hero Tom Ripley, who here makes his fifth appearance and his first in a dozen years.
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- Patricia Highsmith
'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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Ripley Under Water starts off with such a wonderful premise. Tom Ripley is being hounded by a fanatic who for some inexplicable reason senses Ripley's murderous past, and is determined to make Ripley's life miserable as he uncovers the truth.
- Patricia Highsmith
