Patricia Highsmith

Talentirani gospodin Ripley je kriminalistički roman američke književnice Patricie Highsmith objavljen 1955. godine. To je njezin drugi roman, a prvi u seriji o Thomasu Ripleyju, hohštapleru i ubojici te velikom hedonistu i ljubitelju umjetnosti. Pisan je u trećem licu s praćenjem perspektive glavnog lika; uz …

Strangers on a Train is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith about two men who meet and agree to "trade" murders so that neither will be a suspect in the death of their respective victim. It was adapted as a film in 1951 by director Alfred Hitchcock. It has subsequently been adapted several times in …

Soon to be a major market Cate Blanchett film adaptation under the name Carol! The Price of Salt (sometimes published under the title Carol) is a 1952 romance novel by Patricia Highsmith, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The author - known as a suspense writer following the publication of her previous book, …

Connoisseur of art, harpsichord aficionado, gardener extraordinaire, and genius of improvisational murder, the inimitable Tom Ripley finds his complacency shaken when he is scorned at a posh gala. While an ordinary psychopath might repay the insult with some mild act of retribution, what Ripley has in mind is far more …

In this harrowing illumination of the psychotic mind, the enviable Tom Ripley has a lovely house in the French countryside, a beautiful and very rich wife, and an art collection worthy of a connoisseur. But such a gracious life has not come easily. One inopportune inquiry, one inconvenient friend, and Ripley's world …

Tom Ripley passes his leisured days at his French country estate tending the dahlias, practicing the harpsichord, and enjoying the company of his lovely wife, Heloise. Never mind the bloodstains on the basement floor.But some new neighbors have moved to Villeperce: the Pritchards, just arrived from America. they are a …

"Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing."―Frank Rich Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are threatened" (New York Times Book Review), was …

Talentirani gospodin Ripley je kriminalistički roman američke književnice Patricie Highsmith objavljen 1955. godine. To je njezin drugi roman, a prvi u seriji o Thomasu Ripleyju, hohštapleru i ubojici te velikom hedonistu i ljubitelju umjetnosti. Pisan je u trećem licu s praćenjem perspektive glavnog lika; uz …

The Cry of the Owl is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. It was first published in the US in 1962 by Harper & Row and in the UK by Heinemann the following year. The book tells the story of Robert Forester who, following a painful divorce, develops an obsession with the seemingly happy, …

Deep Water is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith, first published in 1957 by Harper & Brothers. It is Highsmith's fifth published novel, the working title was The Dog in the Manger. It was brought back into print in the US in 2003 by W. W. Norton & Company.