The Talented Mr. Ripley
New York: Coward-McCann, 1955.
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Hardcover. First edition. Near fine with two miniscule spots on the foredge and touch of wear at the spine ends in near fine dustwrapper with some slight rubbing and tiny tears and nicks at the corners. A very nice copy of this classic mystery, the first book in the Ripley series. Basis for the acclaimed 1960 René Clément film *Purple Noon* with Alain Delon, and more recently filmed by Anthony Minghella with Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law.
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Patricia Highsmith
birth name: Mary Patricia Plangman
born: 1/19/1921
died: 2/4/1995
Biography
American novelist an short-story writer who was best known for her psychological thrillers in which she delved into the nature of guilt, innocence, goodness, and evil. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore