The Talented Mr Ripley Jim Loehr Claire Harman

Claire Harman

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The Talented Mr Ripley Jim Loehr Claire HarmanOne of the great crime novels of the 20th century, Patricia Highsmith's 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' is a blend of the narrative subtlety of Henry James and the self reflexive irony of Vladimir Nabokov. Like the best modernist fiction, 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' works on two levels. First, it is the story of a young man, Tom Ripley, whose nihilistic tendencies lead him through a deadly passage across Europe. On another level, the novel is a commentary on