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We are all Tom Ripley: In our culture of fraud, mistrust and corruption, Patricia Highsmith's anti-hero is just another con man

Authors :
Ruby, Ryan
Source :
New Statesman. April 12, 2024, Vol. 153 Issue 5760, p44, 3 p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr Ripley pickpockets the plot of Henry James's The Ambassadors (1903) and turns it into a detective thriller set in the early years of [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13647431
Volume :
153
Issue :
5760
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
New Statesman
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.809118241