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Tom ripley is a fictional character in a series of crime novels by patricia highsmith, as well as several film adaptations. Ripley 1999, strangers on a train 1951 and the two faces of january 2014. Norton strangers on a train the blunderer the talented mr. Her 1950 debut novel strangers on a train was adapted to film by alfred hitchcock, while her 1955 novel the talented mr. Found in the street highsmith, patricia by patricia highsmith.

Her first novel strangers on a train was published in 1950, and alfred hitchcocks film adaptation of the book the following year considerably enhanced highsmiths reputation. The talented mr ripley patricia highsmith englishereader. Ripley under water is a psychological thriller by patricia highsmith, the last in her series of five books known as the ripliad. The talented mr ripley by patricia highsmith book cover.

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