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Si può avere ucciso, e vergognarsene. O avere ucciso più volte, e costruire su quegli omicidi difendibili e anzi necessari un modello di vita, una coerente visione etica del mondo. È così per Tom Ripley, il personaggio più amato di Patricia Highsmith, che ritorna in questo romanzo per proteggere e iniziare alla vita un giovane miliardario, Frank, convinto di avere causato la morte del padre invalido e tormentato quindi dai sensi di colpa. Sotto la guida di Tom, Frank compie un viaggio di formazione, dalla Francia a una Germania pullulante di imbroglioni, rapitori e terroristi, imboccando una spirale di delitti, inganni e tradimenti che lascia senza fiato. Grazie al talento di un personaggio innamorato della vita e capace di uccidere per essa, il gioco a due fra maestro e seguace, tra amante e amato, tra vittima e carnefice, si trasforma lentamente in un duello psicologico snervante, che non lascia dubbi sul genio della scrittrice che Graham Greene ha definito “la poetessa dell’inquietudine”.
“Tom Ripley è immancabilmente un discendente di Gatsby, uno spiantato senza passato che non si fermerà davanti a niente.” Frank Rich, The New York Times Magazine
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In this quietly terrifying exploration of trust and friendship, a troubled young runaway arrives in Villeperce. And when, on the boy's behalf, Tom Ripley is drawn from his lovely estate in the French countryside to Berlin's seamy underworld and into a kidnapping plot that requires the most bizarre methods--and sinister acumen--for intervention, the icily amoral Ripley is transformed into a generous and compassionate projector.
About the Author
Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt, The Blunderer and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.
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