Thanks to Netflix’s moody adaptation, Ripley, there’s more awareness of Highsmith’s skills as an expert writer of guilt, ambivalence and moral dilemmas at odds with reality
American novelist Patricia Highsmith was the author of 22 novels and numerous short stories, best known for writing psychological thrillers. As Netflix’s new TV adaptation of Highsmith’s most famous novel, The Talented Mr Ripley, earns glittering reviews, what better time to acquaint yourself with the rest of the writer’s work? Crime novelist Peter Swanson suggests some good ways in.
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