{"product_id":"ripley-under-ground-paperback","title":"Ripley Under Ground - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Highsmith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, \"a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are threatened\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), was Patricia Highsmith's favorite creation. In these volumes, we find Ripley ensconced on a French estate with a wealthy wife, a world-class art collection, and a past to hide. In \u003cem\u003eRipley Under Ground\u003c\/em\u003e (1970), an art forgery goes awry and Ripley is threatened with exposure; in \u003cem\u003eThe Boy Who Followed Ripley\u003c\/em\u003e (1980), Highsmith explores Ripley's bizarrely paternal relationship with a troubled young runaway, whose abduction draws them into Berlin's seamy underworld; and in \u003cem\u003eRipley Under Water\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), Ripley is confronted by a snooping American couple obsessed with the disappearance of an art collector who visited Ripley years before. More than any other American literary character, Ripley provides \"a lens to peer into the sinister machinations of human behavior\" (John Freeman, \u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 will come tumbling down--unless he takes decisive steps. In a mesmerizing novel that coolly subverts all traditional notions of literary justice, Ripley enthralls us even as we watch him perform acts of pure and unspeakable evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.74 x 4.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687086526527,"sku":"9780393332131","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/10b4db17607d9909d4fba43ecd6698d2.webp?v=1764977418","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ripley-under-ground-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}